Unadilla Flutter Over Detroit Heiress Queenie Ferry’s Chicago Wedding
In Unadilla New York June 8 the marriage of Queenie Ferry daughter of a Detroit seed man to Avery Coonley of Chicago creates a town wide stir. Hotels are leased for the ceremony special trains run from New York and about one hundred thousand dollars is spent. Three hundred fashionable guests have arrived and the town is in a flutter as preparations continue.
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Unadilla
N. Y
Queenie Ferry
Detroit
Avery Coonley
Chicago
United States
New York
Yerkes Seals Major London Tramway Deal
Yerkes, the leading American street railway magnate, today concluded negotiations with London officials and financiers for a traction line in the British capital. It is understood he will receive all he seeks and stand to personally reap immense profits from the arrangement.
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London
Y Yerkes
Yerkes
Immensa
Robbers' Cruel Deed at Sparta Depot
Masked robbers abducted the night operator at Sparta Illinois depot last night gagged bound and maltreated him and robbed the safe of seven hundred dollars. The operator was found this morning locked in a box car in a severely harmed condition. Princeton Commencement Day celebrates the 154th annual gathering with notable attendees including former President Cleveland.
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Chicago
Sparta
Ills
Princeton
Cleveland
Boer Leaders Captured as British Claim Continued Successes
Cape Town reports British forces capture Boer leaders and take fifty prisoners along with ten thousand pounds of ammunition and substantial supplies. Recent Boer reverses have increased discouragement among Boer ranks.
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South Africa
Cape Town
Revolt at Wesleyan over Tubbs dismissal in Salina
All Wesleyan University students threaten to revolt and leave if the board removes I. D. Tubbs professor of natural science. Tubbs was dropped for views on evolution and alleged teaching of higher criticism. He is described as broad minded and erudite.
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Salina, Kas
Wesleyan University
I. D. Tubbs
Tubbs
Dallas Fire Destroys Large City Property
Fire in Dallas on June 8 destroyed about one hundred thousand dollars in commercial property. In Alabama a tornado near Opelousas killed a white boy, injured another mill worker, and damaged mill and bottled works buildings. A shooting in Rogkford, Alabama left a widow dead and a sister wounded, then the killer died by suicide. The president appointed McCord as Arizona marshal and Stephenson as Nebraska collector.
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Dallas
Texas
Opelousas
Ala
Saint Landry
John Zoder
W. B. Lewis
William C. Lewis
Stephen Melance
Opelouses Fee and Bottling Works
Washington
McCord
Arizona
E.B. Stephenson
Nebraska
Morgan's Colossal Enterprise Across Anglo American Banks
London reports J. P. Morgan is organizing an Anglo American bank with one billion dollars capital. He aims to unite major European and American banks with Rothschild support, claiming a capital scale far surpassing Bank of England France Germany and New York banks. The proposal is described as well thought and massive beyond prior expectations.
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London
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Europe
America
Bank of England
Bank of France
Bank of Germany
Financial Institution
New York
Morgan Institution
Squatters Plan Chicago Frontage Invasion After Powwow
In St Joseph on June 8 Potawatomi leaders decide to sail to Chicago June 22 and squat on the lake front claiming control of land from Indiana to Grand Haven. The strip is valued at about a hundred million dollars. Also London reports Mrs Louis Batha, wife of a Boer commander, arrived in England from the Transvaal on a supposed peace mission.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Chicago
Lake Front
Indiana State Line
Grand Haven
London
Louis Batha
England
Transvaal
Kennedy Nerves Fail as Murder Trial Adjournes
Lulu Kennedy on trial for murder of Phillip Kennedy broke into sobs during cross examination by Miss Litchfield causing the judge to adjourn court until Monday. The defendant showed remarkable nerve earlier but dissolved into tears today.
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Kansas City, Mo
Lulu Kennedy
Phillip
Filipino pin comment on Aguinaldo plans in America
Don Manuel Aguirre, brother by marriage to Aguinaldo, visits Los Angeles and says Aguinaldo will not come to America but settle as a planter. He predicts if Aguinaldo enters politics the Filipinos would elect him to Congress as a delegate.
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Los Angeles
Don Manuel Aguirre
Aguinaldo
America
Congress
Man Held for Murder of Eight People Across States
Middlestore Ky June Louis My ore is jailed awaiting trial on charges of killing two women and a child in Virginia two federal marshals in North Carolina two men in South Carolina and a sheriff in Tennessee. He was arrested last night during a moonshine raid.
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Middlestore
Louis Myore
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Confederate Graves in Ohio Cemetery Covered With Flowers
In Columbus Ohio flowers covered all Confederate graves at Camp Chase Cemetery. Memorial services were held with a large shipment of flowers arriving from the South for the occasion.
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Ohio
South
Columbus
Tyne
Camp Chage
Explosion and Fire at Midler Colliery
Shamokin Pa reports a powder explosion ignited a fierce blaze at the Midler colliery. The fire rages out of control and about a thousand workers are displaced. Separate items note Washington cabinet makers resuming activity after inactivity, the Illinois battleship’s initial trial voyage in Norfolk, and Edward O Kelley’s life sentence reduced to eighteen years with eight remaining.
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Shamokin
Midler
Denver
Edward O. Kelley
Bob Nord
Ford
Very Slick Swindle in Chicago Pool Room
Chief of police exposed a confident game run from a pool room with telegraph devices and operators. A drummer named L. Seabrook, swindled, provided key information. The setup appeared legitimate with an official announcer and nationwide race updates, but the scheme robbed every outsider who joined.
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Chicago
L. Seabrook
Substantial ray of hope on Mrs. McKinley’s condition
Washington reports an official statement saying Mrs. McKinley’s illness stems from a bone infection causing severe diarrhea and blood infection. Since arriving in Washington there is heart lining inflammation but it is not progressive, lifting hopes for her recovery. Philadelphia notes the Bell Telephone Co doubles capital from six to eight million and sees strong demand, with subscriptions threefold in thirty minutes.
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Washington
Hunary
Bell Stoce
Philadelphia
Bell Telephone Company
Lysippus
Cuban constitutional convention pressured to accept Platt amendment
Washington reports President McKinley and his cabinet demand unconditional Platt amendment approval by Cuba’s constitutional convention. Troops remain in Cuba until acceptance, with a possible second convention if the first rejects. An ultimatum was sent to Governor Wood.
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Washington
McScinley
Woode
McKinley
Platt
French duels flourish as reporters spark multiple challenges
Paris reports a renewed duel between Max Regis the Jew baiter and W Laberdesque. Regis pricked Laberdesque on the arm, provoking a second duel. Meanwhile two reporters argued over a Jew question and agreed to duel. More challenges anticipated.
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Paris
Max Regis
W. Laberdesque
Regis
Laberdesque
Jones Too Ill to Testify in Rice Murder Case
New York June 8 Valet Jones remains too sick to testify in the Millionaire Rice murder case. Lawyers on all sides visited him hoping for statements. Authorities fear further self harm threats could endanger his life.
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New York
Jones
Millionaire Rice
Merchants Favor Early City Closing Movement
Merchants in the elite are discussing and strongly favoring an early closing movement though no definite steps are taken yet. If a petition circulates it would likely include most local business leaders and mirror precedents in Laramie and Lusk as the plan spreads statewide. Local forecast notes partly cloudy skies and cooler Sunday with no precipitation in Cheyenne. The report also lists recent heavy rainfall in surrounding states and gives temperature highs and lows for the past day.
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Laramie
Lusk
Cheyenne
Rocky Mountain
North
Pacific
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Dodge City
Omaha
Mississippi River
Atlantic
W. S. Palmer
Cattle Quarantine After Inspection Oversight
Wyoming stock man Charles Coffee faces a ninety day quarantine of a large shipment from the south at Fort Laramie. Sanitary inspectors also levy a three cent per head inspection fee on the cattle brought in via the Burlington line.
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Charles Coffee
Wyoming
South
Denver
Fort Laramie
Burlington
Arrested but Escapes from City Jail After Cashing Check
Adolph Webber a sheep herder cashed a Richards Cunningham Co check for 25 at a Caspar saloon then left town. Authorities telegraphed a description to towns along the railroad and Webber was arrested at Crawford. He escaped overnight with outside aid. The deed appears pre arranged as his effects were shipped to Crawford before cashing the draft.
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Adolph Webber
Richards, Cunningham & Co
Casper
Webber
Crawford
Burlington extension through Wyoming maps confirmed
Dispatch from Evanston Wyoming states the Burlington’s line west through Wyoming is approved by the interior department and on permanent record. Maps show definite location east of the Utah Wyoming line from Evanston to Cumberland and beyond to Grainger, with arrival of first and third sections expected soon. A separate Yonkers trial returned a not guilty verdict for a board of education member on a Sunday golf charge.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Evanston
Wyo
Burlington
Wyoming
United States Land Office
Washington
Utah- Wyoming
Secretary of the Interior
State Line
Cumberland
Oregon
Grainger
New York
Yonkers
Benjamin Adams
Board of Education
Cabinet Changes In Washington Predict Resignations
The latest predictions say Secretary of State Hay will resign due to ill health and Postmaster General Smith will replace him, with Private Secretary Cortelyou taking Smith’s post. Governor Allen of Puerto Rico will succeed Secretary Long, who intends to leave the cabinet. Roosevelt to Visit West for Quarto Centennial Celebration and trout fishing near Colorado Springs next month.
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Washington
Hay
Smith
Cortelyou
Allen
Porto Rico
Long
Teddy
Colorado Springs
Roosevelt
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