Brooklyn Handicap Thriller At Gravesend Meets High Tide Exile Wins
Exile defeats Terra Cotta and Prince Royal in a dramatic Brooklyn Jockey Club handicap at Gravesend. Hanover falters, Juggler and Elkwood follow as crowds surge to the betting shanties. Race day features a floral shoe trophy and a record crowd amid frantic wagering and fast dusty track conditions.
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New York
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Gravesend
Hanover
Terra Cotta
Prince Royal
Elkwood
Exile
Brooklyn
Nora
McIntyre
Niagara
Colonel Simmons
Clarence McDowell
J. E. Mrewster
J. Brush
C. Corneilson
M. Walton
J. F. Caldwell
Richmond
Trouble over county seat in Wallace County Kansas
Wallace County faced long disputes over its seat before February when a law allowed commissioners to keep the seat at a governor designated temporary town for five years Sharon Springs hosted the first election under the new organization. No county seat question appeared in that vote.
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Ormks
Kas
Wallace County
Sharon Springs
Hed
Wallace County Seat Move Sparks Mandamus Battle
Citizens voted to make Wallace rival town the permanent county seat with no votes for Sharon Springs. Ten days later county officers moved with records to Wallace. The state seeks a mandamus in the supreme court to force a return to Sharon Springs. a hearing is set for tomorrow and outcomes may trigger further trouble in Wallace County.
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Wallace
Supreme Court
Sharon Springs
Wallace County
Exodus of the Blaks Emigration from North Carolina to Kansas
Governor Humphrey receives a letter from the North Carolina Emigration Society noting a large and growing movement of Black workers to Kansas. The labor commissioner says about 50,000 Blacks live in cities and earn $1.25 to $1.00 daily with two thirds of year employment, warning of harsher hardships than in 1879 and urging careful study before further migration.
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Topeka
Kas
Humphrey
George W. Price Jr
North Carolina Emigration Society of
Wilmington
Kansas
Mississippi
North Carolina
Fight Over Oregon Transcontinental Control Continues
The Oregon Transcontinental control battle intensified with $150 paid in cash and delivery differences for proxies at the annual election. Directors Sidney Dillon W L Bull and G M Lane resignations were received, vacancies left open, and no meeting called. Bull, re-elected Stock Exchange president, sails for Europe and will return late June.
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New York
Sidney Dillon
W. L. Bull
G. M. Lané
The
Stock Exchange
Europe
Irish Parnell Commission Hearings On Loughrea League
Father Egan testified at the Parnell commission that leaders in Loughrea belonged to a league branch and that no major crimes occurred since its formation until the murder of Policeman Lynton. He said the crime was condemned by a league meeting and he denounced it from his church altar.
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Parnell
Lospon
Father Egan
Parnell Commission
Loughrea
League
Lynton
President Accepts Judge Jenks Resignation as Solicitor General
The president accepted the resignation of Judge George A. Jenks from the solicitor general post effective today. Jenks will remain to finish the supreme court term and serve as counsel in telephone cases. Mannell Hiermann of Oregon named chief of the pension division.
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Waswina
George A. Jenks
Department of Justice
Jenks
Supreme Court
Jenk
Mannell Hiermann
Oregon
Jackson to Ive Exhibitions in Nevada Tour
Plans for a tour by Peter Jackson the pugilist to seek glory and money are completed and he leaves Thursday for Nevada. The Jackson combination will spar nightly in mining towns and return in June. If Lees defeats McAuliffe, Jackson will take him to England, with the party leaving the city in June for large eastern cities.
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San Francisco
Peter Jackson
Pugilist
Nevada
Jackson
Lf Lees
Joe McAuliffe
England
Cruisers Chicago Boston Atlanta Yorktown to Sail World Cruise
News from the Brooklyn navy yard reports four steel cruisers Chicago Boston Atlanta and Yorktown to be fitted out as a lying squadron and sent on a cruise around the world. The Yorktown awaits her battery before departure and Commodore Walker is named to command with Chicago as flagship.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Yorktown
Washington
Walker
Samoan Conference Subcommittee Sets Apia Council
The Samoan conference subcommittee decides Apia’s municipal council will have six members with one appointed by Germany, England, and the United States each, and three elected by Apia residents. British commissioners oppose the plan and Phelps was invited to the last meeting despite not being a subcommittee member.
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Heriinx
Apia
Germany
England
United States
Phelps
Tbs
Peculiar Offbeat Cargo Baffles Windsor Customs
A Windsor customs report details an unusual transport incident. A railway car arriving from Smeetsgive Md Ottawa Ont contained a horse, several sheep and hay bales but hid a thoroughbred bull wedged behind the hay. The attempt aimed to evade regulations.
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Smeetsgive Md
Ottawa
Ont
Windsor
Customs Department
Welch Beats Smith in 23 Round Fight in Buffalo
In a long 23 round prize fight last night Billy Welch of Buffalo defeated Jack Smith of Toronto after Welch’s right hand opened the bout and the referee ruled in his favor. A large sum of money changed hands on the result.
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Hurwat Oy
Peive
Billy Welch
Buffalo
Jack Smith
Toronto
Welch
Will Wed a Princess in Tahiti Social Sensation
Jacob J. Doty, consul at Tahiti, plans marriage to Princess Potona of Tahiti. The 28 year old blonde daughter of Lord and Lady Darcey has vast wealth under French treaty stipulations. Doty, former Senate page, hails from Brooklyn. his mother linked to Lord Melbourne and English gentry.
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Jacob J. Dots
Tahiti
Potona
Darcey
France
Germany
England
Earl of Dudley
United States Senate
Brooklyn
Doty
Lord Melbourne
Charles Lamb
McPhersons
Wallaces
Great Britain
Staats Zeitung Editor Ottendorfer Returns from Europe
In New York on May 15 editor Oswald Ottendorfer said he met Samoa's commissioners in Berlin and they sought independence with noninterference. He noted King Malietoa’s release news impressed Berlin and warned Phelps to act quickly lest Bismarck outmaneuver him. He cited the young emperor Wilhelm’s health concerns and possible seriousness.
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New York
Oswald Ottendorfer
Staats Zeitung
Europe
Berlin
Bismarck
Malietoa
Phelps
Wilhelm
Deadly Gas Spring Reported in Yellowstone Park
A deadly gas spring is reported in Yellowstone park rising from a small creek that appears to boil though the water is cold. Its fumes have killed squirrels and other small creatures. Further up the gulch the odor grows stronger and near a silver tip grizzly carcass, with no signs of violence, bones of four bears an elk and other smaller animals are said to be found.
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CieaGo
Yellowstone Park
Elderly Father Heads West as Son Faces Hanging
Newcastle, Pa. May 15. John Mc Gee an aging Plain Grove resident travels to Columbia Cal to witness the hanging of his son Samuel aged 20 for a store burglary murder. Samuel left college two years ago to work in California fruit business. Parents mourn the tragic end and plan bringing the body home for burial.
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Newcastle
John McGee
Plain Grove Township
Columbia
Tuolumne County
Cal
Samuel
Young McGee
California
McGee
Robbery and Burglary Reported in Rockford Steer Sale
A Rockford robbery is reported after Charles Pipin sold 3000 dollars worth of steers on Saturday. Burglars entered his residence that night, chloroformed a hired man, but fled after a second worker woke. The chloroformed man is in precarious condition. No clues to the burglars exist.
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Mason City
Rockford
Charles Pipin
Seizure of Beer Under Prohibition Law at Burwincros
Sheriff with warrant seized four carloads of beer this afternoon under state prohibitory law. The vessels and beer valued at about 2000 dollars were taken to custody. Owners include Berthol Hoseh M Hloem J W Lemp of St Louis and the Anheuser Busch Brewing association. St Louis partners intend immediate damages suit claiming interstate commerce violation.
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Burwincros
Berthol Hoseh
M. Hloem
Hebalaive
Anheuser Busch Brewing Association
W J. Lemp
St. Loowis
Itte
St. Loui
Remarkable cruiser Piedmonte draws naval interest in Washington
Washington observers await details on the English built Piedmonte cruiser by the Armstrongs. Reported speeds reach nineteen and a half knots under natural draft and over twenty one knots with forced draft. The vessel weighs about 3,506 tons and develops about 1,400 horsepower, nearly three times the Yorktown gunboat. Hull weight and light construction raise questions about robustness.
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Wastinaren
May
Turest
Washington
England
Armstrongs
Piedmonte
Yorktown
Fram
Tangled Notes on Ship Design and Purchase Efforts
Fragmentary text discusses ship features like flexible bottoms and coal bunkers sacrificed for lightness. It notes claims of wonderful speed and describes Tallin government involvement and naval authorities' push to buy the vessel from builders.
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Tallin
West at Washingto n Mining Delegation Presses Lead Ore Ruling
A large delegation of miners and smelters from western states appeared before Secretary Windom seeking reversal of a treasury ruling on lead ore imports from Mexico. They argue ore should be weighed by metal content not value, while supporters in New York and Kansas City defend the 1 2 cent per pound duty. The Senate judiciary committee has already upheld the ruling and the hearing continues tomorrow.
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Woasmineros
Maw
Windom
Treasury Department
Mexico
Wolcott
Grant
D. Sheedy
Colorado
Carter
Covernor Hauser
Russell Harrison
Montana
van Horn
Utah
DeLashmutt
Portland
Oregon
New York
Kansas City
Sherman
Fairchild
Maynard
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Secret Union Elopement Sparks Local Mystery
In New Haven on May 15, Lizzie O. Fletcher daughter of a prominent surveyor, eloped with Carl Treitlein a German and wed in Port Chester New York. Fletcher belonged to a society named the Secret Union once twelve members strong, six married and four of the six eloped. Members reportedly vowed to wed within a year.
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New Haven
Conn
Lizzie O. Fletcher
Carl Treitlein
Port Chester
N. Y
Fletcher
Secret Union
Rainey Couple Buried Side by Side in Nashville Area
Robert Rainey and his wife, aged 62 and 12, were buried yesterday in Franklin after living there sixty years. They died within an hour of each other. Rainey had a self kept black locust coffin stored at home for twenty years, with a cotton pillow placed by him. He lay in the simple box with an old Confederate blanket for a winding sheet, reflecting his four years of Civil War service. Mrs. Rainey was buried in the same grave.
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Hanover
Prince Royal
Field
Clifton
Elkwood
Richmond
Exile
Juggler
Garrison
Arnold Applause
Terra Cotta
Tiger
Tuig
Higaly
Eccola
Bellisarus
Ballarat
Civil Service
Chaos
Banquet
Cantana
Flatbush
Huston
Daly
Phoebe
Homeopathy
Manguet
Houston
Excola
Chaves
Uronee
Blue Centaur
Anandaga
NassHville
Tenn
Robert Rainey
Franklin
Mr. Rainey
Rainey
Mrs. Rainey
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Paree
Monsieur le Prince
Return of Chinese pupil Ger ton Bong to the United States
Me Wishes to Return reports a request to the secretary of state for permission for Ger ton Bong a former pupil of Mrs. Mary KK Scott in Baltimore to return from Hong Kong. The treasury department advised he may return if not a laborer under the Chinese exclusion act and if social position can be shown to customs on arrival.
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Wasiiorth
May
Secretary of State
United States
Gerton Bong
Hong Kong
Mary KK. Scott
Baltimore
Treasury Department
Tichnor
Assessor Quill and Deputy Indicted in Indiana Town
In Indianapolis on May 16 the grand jury returned indictments against Township Assessor Quill and chief deputy Charles Tyler. Each faces five counts including conspiracy grand larceny and presenting false claims to the county auditor. They were released on bond.
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Indianawolis
Quill
Charles Tyler
Warry morals at Mayer i Coleman led public play purge
On May 1 Mayer I Coleman ordered marshal to clear gaming rooms at night. The event unfolded with decorum as clocks struck, players emptied the last dollar, tables turned, cards dumped, and the hall emptied while the crowd dispersed.
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Laapwinin
Colo
Mayer i. Coleman
Mint
Knights of the Green
Quarrel among prominent merchants ends in mortal wounding
In Nashville Tennessee this afternoon James Turner mortally wounded Thomas Holden during a quarrel in the justice of the peace’s alleys over a replevin dispute. Both men are noted merchants.
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Nasnbie
Tenn
James ‘Turner
Thomas Holden
American Gambler Passes as Prince at Eiffel Tower Exhibit
An American gambler uses a bluff to enter the Paris exposition with a prince facade. He and companions navigate guards and crowds, claiming royal status while filming at the Eiffel Tower, until police intervene. The tale blends daring deception with a risky escape attempt and questionable behavior.
Fight for Oregon Navigation control intensifies in New York
May 16 New York. The Dillon Smith Villard clash over Oregon Navigation custody grows fierce as transfer books close tomorrow. Trading heats up with 36 bid for immediate delivery and 35 for delivery tomorrow. Heavy tying appears on Villard orders while opposition relies on legal injunctions from Judge Barrett issued Monday night barring disposal of stock.
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New Yorks
Dillon Smith
Villard
Oregon Navigation
Stock Exchange
Toomorrow
Barrett
Oregon ‘Transcontinental Company
Tariff Hearing on Lead Ore Classification
Hearing before Assistant Secretary Tichenor at the treasury debated lead ore classification and duty impact. Speakers for free admission cited silver content while opponents urged lead ore to be taxed, with testimonies from McCrory McCammon Keen Meyer White and Wolcott among others.
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Wastiscron
Tichenor
Treasury Department
Ry Inarder
McCrory
Jor. McCammon
Oscar Keen
Newark
AR. Meyer
Kitleas City
Walcott
Grovernee Grant
Sheedy
Colorado
RM. White
New Messin
Wheelelag
Wolcott
Hhehate
Appointment Shifts at Top U S Departments
Washington correspondent reports a Republican senator claims the president will appoint new leaders to the cabinet. Stanley Matthews’s death prompts changes with Attorney General Miller to be replaced by Noble and Clarke to move to interior secretary, affecting the cabinet lineup.
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Clarksom
Washington
Hive
Myranes
Supreme Court
Stanley Matthews
Puis
Miller
Noble
Clarkeun
Solie
Manic Homecoming Follows Farm Scandal Tale
A fragmentary report from Cincinnati describes a wealthy farmer's son returning home around midnight after a drinking spree tied to a local scheme. The wording is garbled but indicates intoxication and disruption at residence.
Telegraphic Ticks
News in brief items across locations. Delays in free delivery plans for Montana California and Wisconsin report heavy snow in northern regions. A Yale council member is convicted for libel and fined. A ship reports a lost steamer Alaskan and Canada’s treaty with Mexico awaits adaptation.
Fire Devastates St. Sauveur Quebec Killing Army Officer
A May 16 fire in St. Sauveur Quebec destroyed over 100 wooden buildings and left more than 1,000 homeless. Major Short and Sergeant Wallack of Battery B died in a premature explosion while efforts to contain the blaze continued. Loss estimated at $600,000 with $313,000 insured.
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Quebec
St. Sauveur
Valier
Chevel
St. Peter
St. Marie
Short
Wallick
Battery B
Major Short
Sergeant Wallack
Death of Allen "Thorndyke Rice" editor and minister
Allen Thorndyke Rice editor of the Worth Aleri can Reviews and the new minister to Russia died this morning in New York. He had been ill with sore throat, then malignant tonsillitis caused the glottis to swell and cut off his breath, with death at 3 a.m. He was to sail for his post yesterday.
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Allen “Thorndyke Rice
New York
Allen Thorndyke Rice
Worth Alerican Reviews
Russia
Inter State Commerce Sits as Deming Testifies on Rebates
In Trreschiin Pa the Interstate Commerce Commission resumes its sitting. A D Deming testifies that from 1982 to 198? the company received a 13 cent rebate per barrel to New York and 26 cents to Boston on shipped oil. Transport costs limited refinery operation and the Standard Oil trust allegedly controlled a large share of the oil business through rebates.
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Trreschiin
Interstate Commerce Comission
A.D. Deming
OU City
Deming
Ossy
New York
Boston
Oper Hitter
Hosten
Ofl
Fragmentary Washington Talk on Treasury Department Influx
The readable lines report a Washington source stating anger within the Republican Party over an official action at the Treasury Department. A referenced meeting, statements by individuals, and implied consequences suggest political maneuvering and potential responses.
Fragmented note on labor, law and a national crime plan
The text describes labors, classifications, and charges tied to a grand scheme of control and legal action. It mentions a leading plan for regime enforcement and implied penalties, with references to a national structure and a proposed system of legitimacy.
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Chamber of Deputies
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Yale University Corporation
Albert S. Cook
Berkley
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Portiasa
Astoria
Dragon Railway & Navigation Compans
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Treasury Departaent Cette
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