Raiders Fire Shots Near Owingsville in Night Fusillade
A Kentucky crowd reports raiders firing pistols and rifles near Owingsville for about an hour at midnight. Trials of Dave Anderson, Joe Black, John Bailey, Ben Harmon, and Thornton Stevens proceed with Judge Gudgell presiding and bonds set to appear in October Circuit Court.
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Commercial Tribune
Owlsville
Owingsville
Dave Anderson
Gudgell
Anderson
Joe Black
Charles Stone
Black
John Bailey
Ben Harmon
Thornton Stevens
Stone
Johnson
Stanley
Goodpaster
Commonwealth
Gadgell
Dave Johnson
Sheriff Lane
Bailey
Stevens
Kentucky
Judge Gudgell
Joe
Dave
Ed Plank
Plank
Owsley Stanley
Sherburne
Ballieitzgerald
Calbert
Vice
Calbert Vice
President McKinley’s Nashville tour sets June departure
A special train will carry President McKinley from Washington to Nashville for the Tennessee Centennial tour with two fixed stops Hot Springs Virginia and Asheville North Carolina. The journey includes limited Cabinet involvement and sightseeing of mountain scenery along the C&O route.
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Nashville
Chesapeake & Ohio
Louisville
McKinley
Porter
Saxton
Bates
Hot Springs
M. E. Ingalls
Big Four
Asheville
North Carolina
Virginia
Homestead Inn
Greenbriar
New
Kanawha
Ashland
Ohio
Cincinnati
Winchester
Lexington
Frankfort
K& N
Turnpike Raiders Spark Townwide Debate Over Free Pikes
In a Bath County town a posse and Sherbane neighbors discussed the raid crisis. Citizens favored free pikes, while tollgate guards are to be restored in Fleming County and Bath County if needed. Lawmakers backing the raider bill face backlash in the campaign.
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Sherbane
Judge Gudgell
Stevens
Fleming County
Bath County
Bath
Fleming
Tramp Found Dying Near Notre Dame After Hunger
James Joseph Francis a 23 year old stranger was found dying on a roadside near Notre Dame. A note on him said he was an orphan and thanked for a breakfast at Notre Dame Saturday. He had eaten wild parsnips grass and weeds as hunger grew. Local prejudice after a policeman murder and related acts reduced aid. He was taken to a hospital.
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Commercial Tribune
South Bend
Ind
James Joseph Francis
Notre Dame
The Bank Bill Wreck Discovers Stolen Money
In Omaha a police recovery of $6,000 from the wreck of an old stable ties to Henry Thomas, a Pacific Express watchman who stole the funds three years ago. The incident drove him insane and he killed himself Saturday after leaving a rambling note.
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Commercial Tribune
Omaha
Neb
Henry Thomas
Pacific Express Company
Warship Marion Disabled in Honolulu Bay
May 31 the United States ship Marion was to stay indefinite at Honolulu after its engines broke down near the bay. A tug assisted the docking and a later inspection by a Board of Officers found the Marion engines in need of repair with a new bed required for the Recaaceeneee vessel as part of the same assessments.
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Honolulu
United States
Marion
Samoa
Lamp saves a teacher from dormitory fire and assault
In Glasgow Kentucky May 31 Tobart Stone a black janitor at Liberty Female College attacked Miss Willie Tabb Moore in her dorm room wielding a lamp. The lamp burned the room and Moore fought back with a poker. Stone fled, Moore alarmed the building, and Stone was jailed awaiting trial amid talk of lynching.
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Commercial Tribune
Glasgow
Miss Moore
E Ca
Stone
Tennessee
Calhoun Denies Responsibility for Cuban Reportage
United States Commissioner W J Calhoun denies involvement with the Diario de la Marina article and notes Mr Pepper acted independently in Havana He asserts no secrets or special information were shared with Pepper and that other reporters could access similar information General Finhugh Lee and G W Fishback echo the denial Pepper finds the attack amusing after returning from Guanajay with Fishback for a visit to the area.
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Havana
W. J. Calhoun
United States
Ruiz
Diario de la Marina
Washington
Pepper
Calhoun
Cuba
G. W. Fishback
Finhugh Lee
Ohio Miners Rebuff State Leaders in Striking Stand
In Columbus on May 31 State President Farms and Secretary T. L. Lewis held talks on the strike situation. They announced the Ohio miners will not strike. National officers of the United American Mine Workers expect a unified Ohio strike to push the mining rate, but Ohio officials refuse to join and say Pittsburg miners must fight their own battle.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Farms
T. L. Lewis
Ohio Miners’organization
Farrs
Ohio
United American Mine Workers
Pittsburg
Burglars Crack Safe At Avondale Tailor Shop
Burglars last night entered John Bocks tailor shop on Main Avenue near Rockdale Avondale. They went through the premises cracked the safe and carried off valuables inside.
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John Bock
Main Avenue
Rockdale
Avondale
Death of Mabel Rogers New York and Avondale ties
The Cincinnati friends of Mr and Mrs Wm A Rogers of Buffalo New York formerly of Avondale regret to learn of the death of their eldest daughter Mabel. Miss Rogers died Saturday morning May 23.
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Cincinnati
Wm. A. Rogers
Buffalo, N. Y
Avondale
Mabel
Miss Rogers
Burglars Steal Jewelry From Findlay Residence
In Findlay Ohio on West Hardin Street burglars entered the Remnett home during dinner, taking jewelry including a diamond earrings set valued at 800 dollars. A safe blowing kit and burglars tools were left behind as investigators, aided by bloodhounds, traced the trail.
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Commercial Tribune
Findlay
Charles Remnett
West Hardin Street
Remnett
Frosts in Wisconsin Hit Vegetation and Fruit
Heavy frosts swept Wisconsin this morning with widespread damage. Strawberries likely ruined in many areas. Hurley reports last night’s snow with several inches on the ground.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Hurley
Cincinnati Man John Keller Mystery Deepens
The remains of John Keller were shipped to Cincinnati with Theo dore Moeller, his son in law, as Detroit detectives remain baffled. An inquest is planned, and authorities seek clues on his movements and associates after he was last seen by a Detroit officer aboard a steamship. The Cleveland department cooperates in the investigation.
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Commercial Tribune
Detroit
Mich
John Koller
Cincinnati
Theodore Moeller
James McDonnel
Keller
Cleveland
Martin
Nore
Wagoner Fatally Attacks Wife in Suspected Jealousy
This afternoon L. D. Wagoner rushed into his home at Twenty second street and fired at his wife. Two shots hit her in the left breast and left upper arm. He then shot himself in the jaw and was jailed. The wife is in the hospital with potentially fatal injuries. Jealousy cited as motive.
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Commercial Tribune
Marion
Ind
L. D. Wagoner
Twenty-second Street
2Nd
Wagoner
Northwestern Students Tear Down Confederate Emblem
At Garrett Biblical Institute in Evanston students waved a Confederate flag beside the American banner from Heck Hall. G H Skinner, a theology student from the South, defended the display as a symbol of national reunion. After a campus meeting, Skinner refused to remove it. peers stormed his room, seized the flag, and carried away the banner as a trophy.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
Heck Hall
Theological School
G. H. Skinner
South
Skinner
Northwestern University
Divine Healer Schrader Targeted by St Louis Mob
St Louis May 31 A crowd stoned the self styled healer Schrader in Clayton as he prepared to ride his bicycle. He could not reason with the growing mob and fled, speeding away as rocks rained down. A messenger later delivered word to forward his mail to Jefferson City.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Schrader
Clayton
Jefferson City
Supreme Court blocks Philadelphia borrowing plan
Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that the proposed city loans totaling 11 million dollars for a public works program are not authorized by the constitution and that the resulting municipal indebtedness is illegal. The decision limits Philadelphia’s capability to finance the project.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Secretary Gage Warns on Tariff Bill Delays
Secretary Gage returned from Cincinnati where he spoke to visiting clubs about growing public impatience over tariff bill delays. He said business stagnation is evident and urged prompt passage to provide revenues and enable currency reform. He noted business leaders at the meeting favored appointing a currency commission to draft a plan for Congress in December.
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Washington
Gage
Cincinnati
Commercial Club
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Congress
Judge Penfield Appointed Indiana Solicitor for State Dept
Wabash Indiana May 31 Judge W L Penfield of DeKalb Circuit Court has accepted the offer to be solicitor for the State Department in Washington with a $3500 annual salary. He has five years remaining on the bench. Governor Mount will appoint his successor next week.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Aropet
Nashville
Tennessee
McKinley
Grant Monument
New York City
Philadelphia
Commercial Museum
Commercial Congress
Pan-American Medical Association
Ohio Valley
Wabash
Ind
W. L. Penfield
DeKalb Circuit Court
State Department
Fairbanks
Penfield
Mount
Washington Quake Shakes Capital Causes Panic and Power Outages
An earthquake struck Washington around 2 pm, rattling Weather Bureau and Naval Observatory. The tremor lasted about five minutes with vibrations felt citywide and in high buildings. observers report north-south movement and people rushing to windows in alarm. Prof H M Paul noted timing and planned a formal report.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Weather Bureau
Naval Observatory
Paka
Naval’ Observatory
H. M. Paul
Observatory
Twenty-second
K Streets
Washington Circle
Paul
Capitol
Earthquake Shakes Vanceburg Kentucky City Briefly
At 1 p m on May 31 residents felt a sharp earthquake shock lasting about one minute. The Carter Hotel rocked its foundation while Stamper's wholesale store saw crockery and tinware shaken from shelves. Bruce's dry goods windows rattled and a bookkeeper nearly lost balance as tremors spread along the river.
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Commercial Tribune
Vanceburg
Carter
Stamper
Bruce
Earthquake Shocks Huntington Residents in 20 Second Tremor
A major quake hit Huntington West Virginia at 2 PM. The shock lasted twenty seconds and caused residents to rush into the streets fearing collapsing houses. A preceding rumble led some to mistake a hurricane, with the seismic wave moving from northwest to southeast.
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Commercial Tribune
Huntington
W. Va
Earthquake Shocks Startle Buena Vista Residents
Citizens in Buena Vista Kentucky report multiple distinct earthquake shocks at 1 30 PM. Windows rattled crockery jingled and glassware shook for about ten seconds in quick north to south oscillations causing fear among timid locals.
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Commercial Tribune
Buena Vista
Heroes' graves are decorated tribute to the dead
Governor Bushnell delivers a patriotic speech urging Cuba’s freedom and asking if it is time for America to intervene, as national honor and sacrifice are honored with memorials.
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America
Memorial Day Address Urges Civil War Lessons and Cuban Aid
Governor Bushnell, after Lincoln Gettysburg tribute at Ferncliff Cemetery Springfield Ohio May 31, presses reconciliation and humane warfare. He honors Union soldiers and Confederate memory, calls for care of veterans families, and urges relief for Cubans against Spanish rule, insisting on laws of humanity.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Ferncliff Cemetery
Secret Society
E. T. Hays
J. W. R. Cline
Lincoln
Bushnell
Memorial Day at West Point Dedication of Battle Monument
West Point N Y May 31 in the presence of 6000 people the secretary of war and army officials dedicated the battle monument erected by comrades to the regular army officers and soldiers who fell in the Civil War. Showers gave way and the sun warmed the ceremony.
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West Point
N. Y
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