Samoan Conference Progress and Indemnity Debate
Report from Berlin on the Samoan conference notes progress toward a land tenure court with international representation. It cites German land claims and indemnity issues, outlines English American cooperation, and mentions Knappe’s critical report and broader European tensions. The Swiss incident with Police Inspector Wohlgemuth adds international concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Bertin
Commission of Samoan Court
Sewall and
Brandeis
Berlin
London
Sewall
Parker
Buckingham
Dr. Knappe
Apia
Knappe
Mataafa
Samoa
Bismarck
Switzerland
Wohlgemuth
Werthiermian
Aargon
Guiette
St. Petersburg
Stef
Zurich
Corralled at Last Ciucaco May 4
C B Eshiman posed as his uncle Reuben Eshim an a Mount Pleasant Ia merchant to obtain 300 pairs of pants on credit from Malone Pants Co Malone NY He sold stock in Northern Illinois for high prices then lost money in Chicago and rode to Council Bluffs IA joining the Salvation Army where he rose to captain before being dropped for drinking Detectives nabbed him on a lake steamer He had been released from prison last fall after a two year sentence in Missouri for attempting to obtain pants without funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciucaco
C. B. Eshiman
Reuben Eshiman
Mount Pleasant
Malone Pants Company
Malone
N. Y
Eshiman
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Salvation Army
Army
Dubuque
Missouri
St. Joseph
Doverns
Wyoming
Rock Springs
Fetterman Coal Company
Wyoming Capital
de F. Richards
A. J. Chamberlain
J. W. Foster
George Mitchell
Bartlett Richards
C.L. King
Russell Thorpe
Qqgo
Inez Station
Northwestern Railroad
Northwestern Railroad Company
Nebraska
Onaha
Sioux City
Pavernment
Fort Robinson
Deadwood and
Lead City Railway Company
Fetterman Company
Sparhawk
Shepfer Thial
B. Selden
D. J. Selden
W. A. Brown
Ole Sanburg
Sheffer
Selden
Sanburg
Sandburg
A. A. Spaugh
O-Morrow
Darrow
Daniel Borne
John Owens
Maginnis
Mishop Talbot
Buffalo
Sheridan
Sundance
Douglas
Toonlight
Ogden
Cheyenne
Northern
Two Murders in Greemnsville Mississippi May 4
In Greemnsville Mississippi this afternoon a night watchman Hugh Cunningham was shot and killed during a quarrel by Moses Weston a colored man. In a second killing bartender Jane Kelly shot and killed Lem Collier an ex policeman belonging to the better class of colored people.
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Greemnsville
Miss
Hugh Cunningham
Moses Weston
Aigne
Jane Kelly
Lem Collier
Holden Buys Bennington Woolen Mills in Palmer Deal
John F. Holden of Palmer Massachusetts bought the Bennington woolen mills and will commence operations immediately. The price is said to be eight percent of the original cost of one million dollars. The mill had been idle for over three years as previous owners faced bankruptcy and the community suffered a population drop of 1300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington, VI
John 5. Holden
Palmer, Mass
Bennington Woolen Mills
Tour of Inspection Leads Officials to Western Posts
Washington May 4 Secretary Mroctor Adjutant General Drum and Colonel Barr departed for a tour of inspection of the Leavenworth military prison and western posts. General Schofield will join the party in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mroctor
Drum
Barr
Leavenworth
Chicago
Schofield
Telegraphic Snatches From Across The Nation May 4
A chaotic telegraphic digest reports Whitelaw Reid sailing to France and Count Tolstoi in danger, with oarsman Sears heading to Rinland to meet O Connor. Samuel Dunn fatally harms his wife. weather readings across major cities. releases and expulsions in progress. Nellie Swift still lost at sea. Du Pont merges Illinois steel interests into a single corporation valued at 25 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whitelaw Reid
France
Sr. Perensa Wo
Tolstoi
Sydney
Sears
Rinland
O'Connor
Canwas
N. Y
Samuel Dunn
Chicago
St. Paul
Winnipeg
New Orleans
Dunns
William O'Brien
Timothy Harrington
Providencetown
Mass
Nellie Swift
West Indies
Bertix
Schlesweigh
Armon
Fohr
North Sea
Londonx
Wieland
Azores
Danmark
Missouri
San Francisco
William Henry
Fannie Davenport
Cuease
Illinois
Ilinois Steel Company
America
Polish Priest Riot in Mich. Parish Turned Hose
A Polish priest was assaulted on a Mich. street by church faction followers. A general riot ensued with men and women, prompting militia, fire department and hose usage to quell unrest. Nearly drowning rioters, peace returned as sheriff menaced by women who were knocked down. ten rioters jailed and guard placed at the priest’s house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mich
Chinese investigator Cinesca visits city after nine months
Y L Fu, a commissioner sent by the Chinese government to study foreign industry, travels through North and South America for nine months. He leaves tomorrow for San Francisco with his secretary. His reports will cover shipbuilding railroads steamship navigation and related subjects but exclude military matters.
National League results from May seven games listed
National League scores from May seven show Philadelphia defeating New York six to four and Indianapolis seven core by ten to seven. Kansas City beat Baltimore six to four while Cincinnati posted a zero to thirteen loss at Brooklyn. St Louis overwhelmed Columbus twenty one to zero and Louisville won three to zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Athletics
Louisville
Baltimore spring meeting opens at Pimlico
The Maryland Jockey Club began its spring meet at Pimlico with several races. Britanic won the five-eighths, Daile Vaughan took the longer event, Civil Service captured the half mile, Patrocles won the mile, and Panama prevailed in another mile race with times noted for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland Jockey Club
Pimlico
Brittanic
Tipstaff
Lago
da Iile Vaughan
Persuader
Roma
Civil Service
Urbana
Maria
O:so's
Patrocles
Bureh Se
the Bourbon
Panama
Dunboy
Joe Lee
Rain Begins Across Dakota and Minnesota Farmlands
Rain started this morning in Hismarck and continues steadily, hailed as first rain of the season by farmers along the Missouri slope. Similar showers greet Dunern and northern Minnesota, dampening fires and aiding crops as heavy downpours spread.
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Hismarck
Dak
Missouri
Dakota
Minnesota
Dunern
Minn
Anarchists Acquitted After Docket Dismissals
Indictments against Kronek Capee and Levie charged with conspiring to blow up homes of Judges Gary Grinnell and Police Inspector Banfield in the Haymarket case were stricken from the docket. Kronek previously convicted on one count serves twelve years at Joliet. Capee and Levie alleged accomplices unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Kronek
Capee
Levie
Gary and Grinnell
Banfield
Haymarket
Joliet
Levic
Fessenden Libel Suit Filed Over Disappearance Allegations
W McCaull chair of the Massachusetts judiciary committee acts as counsel for Samuel Fessenden Cape Cod Ship Canal treasurer in a $100000 libel suit against a Boston investor for a despatch from Sandwich May 4 alleging Fessenden disappeared and hints at financial irregularities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fessenden
Boston
W. McCaull
Judiciary Committee
Massachusetts Legislature
Samuel Fessenden
Cape Cod Ship Canal Company
Hoston
Hbel
Sandwich Mayad
A Disastrous Fire in Hoover Dam Meat Shop
A midnight blaze destroyed most of the business district in Hoover Dam a small village twenty miles west of here. The meat shop and surrounding buildings burned with losses estimated at 50000 dollars and insurance of 14000 dollars. Inhabitants slept through the early hours and barely escaped in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fridlay
Hoover Dam
Parnell Admits Limited Support for Moonlighters Fund
Lonnox May 7 report cites Charles Parnell clarifying testimony on Cork assizes payments. He says he might approve limited private aid if law was strained, notes possible self payment, rejects claims of Egan joining Clan Na Gael, and warns that members advocating dynamite betray the league.
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Lonnox
Parnell
House of Commons
Ireland
Oparnell
Cork
League
Egan
Clan-Na-Gael
Physical Force
Clan-Nae-Gael
His Mother and Children Burned
In Westchester New York on May 7 a dwelling burned killing five members of Watson Bowen s family The household included Bowen his wife his mother two children and two servants A lamp left burning in the hall is believed to have sparked the fire Bowen awakened and saved his wife but could not reach his mother and children aged three and five who died in the flames Also perished were Kate Dunn the servant and her sister Annie
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester
N. Y
Watson Bowen
Bowen
Kate Dunn
Annie
Presidential Appointments to Utah Idaho and New Mexico Posts
The president named Arthur L. Thomas to govern Utah and Elijah Sesels to be its secretary. Ellsworth Daggett becomes Utah surveyor general, Perry J. Anson is register at Blackfoot Idaho, William H. Danielson receiver at Blackfoot, Joseph F. Bennett appointed Mescalero agency agent in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arthur L. Thomas
Salt Lake City
Utah
Elijah Sesels
Ellsworth Daggett
Perry J. Anson
Idaho
Blackfoot
William H. Danielson
Joseph F. Bennett
New Mexico
Mescalero Agency
Brief Teleghams: May 7 News Snapshots
In St Petersayre Count Tolstoi dies. Payne Ohio reports a disastrous wind storm with unroofed houses and barns. California trotters auction planned in New York. National Liberal club elects Par nell life member after debate. Chauncey Depew testifies on interstate law and road linkages with Canada and Mexico. pooling urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parnell
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Senate
Cattle Prices Rise at Coithe Market Chaco
May 7 cattle receipts at Chaco reach about 6 000 with stronger bids. Beeves bring 4.15 to 4.305, steers 3.40 to 4.20, feeders 2.50 to 3.40, Texas cattle 2.40 to 3.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaco
Texas
Two Soldiers Plead Guilty After Dismissed Burglary Case
Sixty days for Charles Kelley and Robert P. Spears after the judge dismissed a burglary charge due to witness travel costs. The men pleaded guilty to a new house breaking count, a misdemeanor in which a justice of the peace has final jurisdiction, and received each a sixty day sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kelley
Robert P. Spears
Schwartz Ranch
Pole Creek
Carroll
Justice of the Peace
Kelly
Spears
Pacific Short Line Advances on Mackie Route and Breaks Ground
The Pacific Short Line project progresses as ground is broken near Jackson Nebraska on section 15 with W. C. McNamara as contractor. Follow up shows bids for grading and bridging 120 miles west of Sioux City approved with strong financial backing and a five month grading target. Contractor Reynolds expects completion within five months.
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Lions City
Mackie
Hvely Enterprise
John Mierce
New York
Short Line
Daily Times
Ele
Sioux City
McLean
West End
Jackson
A Morning Wedding at J C Whipple Residence
At eight o clock yesterday morning George W. Johnson and Mary Lillian Whipple were married in Cheyenne. Rev. L D Lamkin officiated in a brief ceremony followed by a lavish breakfast for thirty one. The couple plan a honeymoon visiting Leavenworth Denver and Kansas City before returning to Cheyenne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Whipple
Seventeenth
House Streets
George W. Johnson
Mary Lillian Whipple
Union Pacific
Johnson
Leavenworth
Denver
Kansas City
TC. Whipple
Cheyenne
Arp & Hammond Hardware House
Dr. Hunt
Frank Dana
E. P. Whipple
Cyrus
Bertie
C. M. Chandler
E.F. Bullock
HI. Leibey
Messrs
Harry Whipple
Wint Covert
Eddie
Elmer Leibey
Wil L. Whipple
School Board Chooses Officers and Committees
The new school board organized last evening at the high school naming Luke Voorhees director S J Quinby clerk and T B Hicktreasurer. Committees were appointed on Buildings grounds heating ventilation janitors supplies teachers salaries visitation library textbooks and course of instruction. The May meeting will select teachers. Miss Mary Aman celebrated her seventeenth birthday with gifts from her parents at the Germania restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke Voorhees
S.J. Quinby
T. B. Hick
C.N. Potter
A.C. Synder
J. Quinby
Arnorce
J. W. Lacey
Mieke
J W. Licey
Mins
Mary Aman
Herman Aman
Germania Restaurant
Miss Aman
Fortunes in Fuel And the Great State of Nebraska
A Nebraska-bound survey highlights the Fetterman Coal Company and Deer Creek Coal mine developments in Wyoming Territory. It covers mine size, production plans, and rail connections, plus notes on the Sheffer trial and local railroad expansions shaping regional energy supply.
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Association
BRIEF
St. Petersayre
Count Tolstoi
Interior
Todi
Coithe
Erald
Carter
Maais State Journal
Zang
Jimmy Oder
Gold Room
Pacific Short Line
George Johnson
Mary Whipple
J. A. Sheffer
Epperson
Deer Creek
Glenrock
Dorsey
Dry Creek
Omaha
H.R. Fry
Lessee
THE
Sparstawk Minee
Los Angeles
Cala
Ile
Agaln
Chamberlain
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