Post Office Likely to Save Millions with New Decision
President pushes rapid investigation on post office reforms and asks for quick settlement of key points while leaving remaining issues to the department. Questions arise about McCormick's ceremonial attire at his son's wedding as the White House seeks clarity.
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Loomis
Ambassador McCormick
Medill McCormick
Ruth Hanna
Cleveland
Mark Hanna
Iso
White House
McCormick
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
Ai P
Paris
Court of St. James
England
Jefferson
R McCormick
Payne Sees Court Victory Over Second Class Mail
Postmaster General Payne announces a District Supreme Court ruling confirming his right to supervise mail matter classification. The decision could shift illicit second class matter to legitimate rates, potentially boosting government revenue by over 10 million dollars annually. The report also details Madden’s career and the broader cabinet reaction to reforms and ongoing investigations.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Payne
District Supreme Court
Knox
Madden
Woman Leader Whistle Triggers Chicago Restaurant Strike
A woman leader’s whistle halted operations at Siegel Cooper Co. restaurant and sparked walkouts across several Chicago eateries. Workers from Burcky & Milan Edelweiss Marshall Field’s cafe and Chicago Athletic Club joined the action, with six proprietors reopening after concessions. Lee Schultz, a waiter at the club, was detained as a burglar after signaling the strike.
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Chicago
Siegel, Cooper & Co
Burcky & Milan
Edelweis
Madison Street
Fair
Chicago Athletic Club
Marshall Field
Lee Schultz
Law case upholds law but milliners walk free
In Dayton Ohio Judge O B Brown of the Common Pleas Court dismissed D W Fitten and Leo Marks after convicting them in Magistrate court for possessing and offering for sale birds and plumage. The defense challenged the law as unconstitutional but the court upheld it, finding the state failed to prove blackbird plumage qualifies as a non game wild bird.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton, CO
O. B. Brown
Common Pleas Court
D. W. Fitten
Leo Marks
Hamilton
Breathing: Feud Sparks Shooting in Jackson Kentucky
Three men, Harry Sizemore John Sandlin and Les Combs, were jailed after a clash at Goebel's Gap over the Hargis Marcus feud. J Gay was slain during the encounter with others wounded amid claims the death was an accident. Constable Bolin filed murder charges as authorities pursue Coroner's inquest and headlines of a busy grand jury with 124 indictments, including 79 for illegally selling whisky.
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Commercial Tribune
Jackson
Harry Sizemore
John Sandlin
Les Combs
Bolin
Clemens
Goebel’s Gap
J. Gay
Long’s Creek
Marcums
Littles
Dan Hurst
Hargis
Gay
Patielotes
Perry
Sizemore
Sandlin
Britton
Ailibi
Riley Coldiron
Jett
Bill Britton
Cox
Brittton
Coldiron
Byrd
Cockran Granted Freedom of Sligo for Ireland Speech
Bourke Cockran of New York was awarded the freedom of Sligo town after an address on Ireland’s future economic development. He predicted Ireland would become the clearing point for Atlantic trade, noting west coast capacity for future vessels and a projected tonnage of 50 000. He stated industrial development and prosperity were dawning for Ireland.
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Sligo
Ireland
Municipal Corporation
Bourke Cockran
New York
Cochran
America
Europe
Despondent Lovers Attempt Double Suicide in Canton
Gideon Loehr aged 19 tried to stab and choke himself at his aunt Mrs. Louis Garner's home in Canton while Albert Hollender, living there, had earlier attempted to poison himself. Both were despondent over a love affair with a girl employed by Mrs. Garner.
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Commercial Tribune
Canton
Gideon Loehr
Louis Garner
North Cherry Street
Albert Hollender
Garner
Yates A Candidate For Re Election In Illinois
Governor Yates of Illinois sailed to Europe aboard the Umbria and stated he has not personally announced his candidacy for re election. He rejected any bid for Vice President on a Roosevelt ticket, saying only one position higher than his governorship exists.
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New York
Yates
Illinois
Europe
Roosevelt
Booth death claim echoes in Mexican report
A despatch from Monterey Mexico reports Colonel Edmond Levan confirms knowledge of a man claiming to be J Wilkes Booth in Enid Oklahoma death coverage. Levan says Booth was his Lexington Kentucky roommate for six weeks in 1868 and that Booth admitted Lincoln’s murder.
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Commercial Tribune
Monterey
Mex
Enid
Okla
J. Wilkes Booth
Edmond Levan
Levin
Booth
Lexington
Lincoln
Militias Sought in Hargis Marcum Feud Dispute
Jackson Kentucky June 6 A petition to Governor Beckham seeks a state militia company to be raised and mustered here. Anti Hargis supporters fear weapons could be used to weaponize the feud and oppose the move. Colonel Williams supports muster as a discipline.
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Commercial Tribune
Jackson
Beckham
Hargis
Frankfort
Williams
Berry May
Wilnes
W Hitt
Quest
Thomas Marcum
Curtis Jett
J. B. Marcum
Announcement of a Baroness title for a doctor
A notice reports that on June 6 the ceremony of raising the wife or widow of a surgeon to Baroness was announced and recorded in the peerage notes.
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Meaecee
Rai Wagan Ne Coden
Baroness
Mrs M Kinley’s Niece Towed Latheday
Cards announce the coming marriage of Miss Ida Barber daughter of Mr Marshall Bar day in Canton Ohio with ceremony planned for June a.
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Canton
Jarl
Ida
Pope Leo XIII Health Deteriorates at 92
Paris dispatch reports Leo XIII continues to receive but shows a gradual decline. He endures costiveness and a restricted diet of milk bouillon and eggs, with limited fresh air in the Vatican. Medical staff prescribe diuretic water and treat minor gum inflammation.
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Leo XIII
Vatican
Lappont
Pope's health cited as weak due to intestinal inflammation
The Gazette di Venita reports the Pope suffers intestinal inflammation and eats practically nothing with diminishing strength. It notes no immediate danger but warns that improvement is needed soon to avoid concern.
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Venice
Gazette di Venita
Reports Say Pope's Ill Health Cleared
Rome June 6 several high ecclesiastical figures said the Pope suffered a slight hemorrhoidal indisposition in recent days that has completely disappeared.
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Rome
Payne Dismisses Clerks Arrested Last Friday
Washington June 6 The Postmaster General dismissed rural delivery clerks Thomas W. McGregor and C Ellsworth Upton who were arrested yesterday. They were bailed in Baltimore today with a hearing set for June 11. Officials declined to discuss the status of Baltimore contractor C E Smith who supplied items in the case. The National Capital Copper Mining Company documents list August W Macien Henry H Rand J Dol King H M Baker George E Lorenz T E Lee David H Fenton Francis M Cryswell Samuel W Scott as directors. Rand is a confidential clerk to the Postmaster General and Lorenz has ties to Toledo and Olympia connections are noted.
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Washington
Thomas W. McGregor
C. Ellsworth Upton
Baltimore
C. E. Smith
McGregor
Upton
Jin
Machen
George E. Lorenz
Toledo
National Capital Copper
Alexandria
W. Macien
Ohio
Henry H. Rand
Wisconsin
J. Dol. King
H. M. Baker
New Hampshire
T. E. Lee
District of
Postoires
Featon
Timmerman Likely Candidate for Governor
John L. Zimmerman of Springfield announces candidacy for Ohio governor. After a Garber conference, Johnson and anti Johnson factions pledge support, despite county opposition led by Will Thomas. Zimmerman may be nominated by acclamation at the Republican convention.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
John L. Zimmerman
Baltimore
Springfield
Sige Wbtless
Chillicothe
Zimmerman
Harvey C. Garber
Democratic State Executive Committee
Tom L. Johnson
Johnsonites
Will Thomas
Thomas
Johnson
Ohio
Clark County
James Kilbourne
Ross County
American Fisheries Association cited as model for Britain
George F. Peabody Secretary of the American Fisheries Association reports a British Royal Society communication proposing a new fisheries group in Great Britain modeled after the American society. The note says the Royal Society values the American model, and Peabody issues notices for a Woods Hole monument dedication on July 21. Spencer Baird, founder of the U S Fish Commission, is mentioned in connection with the Smithson an Institute.
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Woods Hole Gate
Spencer’ Baird
Es ‘Society
U. ‘States
Smithsoniaty Institute
Young America Heir Claims $4000 Left by Old Sweetheart
Dennis McManama of Young America, Indiana, learns from an attorney in Danville that he is the heir to $4000 left by Miss Marte t, formerly the sweetheart of Danville. The despatch notes he is a short distance from Logansport as the news arrives.
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Commercial Tribune
Logansport
Ind
Jurie
Dennis McManama
Young America
Danville
Marte T
Inland Sea Rises From Mississippi Flood Near St Louis
The Mississippi flood swamps Illinois shore near St Louis with water covering East St Louis and grain elevators. Freight cars and tops of structures appear above water while ferries, wagons, and horses struggle. City authorities organize flood patrol as two boys drown.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi
Illinois
Father of
Eads Bridge
East St. Louis
Railroad and Shipping District
St. Louis Hay Warehouse Company
Missouri
Bowie
Madison County
Okienburg
Mitchell
West Grdmite
Edds Bridge
Douglass School
Baltimore & Ohio ‘Railroad
Missouri Avenue
Cook
Jas
Linton
John
Clark
Lighting damages Hanna wedding church in Cleveland
A heavy storm hit Cleveland as lightning struck St. Pauls Episcopal Church at Euclid and Case. The spire was demolished and two large stone blocks damaged the roof, with repairs later deemed possible before the Hanna McCormick wedding planned next Wednesday.
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Cleveland
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Euclid and
Case Avenues
Hanna-McCormick
Hanna
Daradgements
South Carolina Flood Drowns Mill Workers and Wrecks Plants
A torrential rainstorm in Spartanburg County wipes out Pacolet and Clifton mills endangering 1,200 workers. Dams collapse, bridges vanish, and Glendale and Converse plants suffer major damage. Five hundred homeless, thousands unemployed, and a relief drive organized as deaths and losses mount.
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S. C
Southern Railway
Pacolet
Clifton
Glendale
Augustus Calvert
Lizzie Calvert
M. Felix
W. B. Tinsley
Morley Sims
B. F. Johnson
Maggie Kirby
John Owens
Roy Owens
Garland Long
Long
Flota Gosa
Pacolet Mills
Victor Montgomery
Pacolet Mill
Lawson's Fork
City Electric Railway
Converse
Clifton Mill No
Twitchell
Whitney Mills
Lawson’s Fork
Tucapan Mills
B. S. Johnson
R. A. Finley
J. D
W. J. Snyder
Clifton Manufacturing Company
First Train Returns to Union Station in Kansas City
The Carthage & Joplin Express of the Frisco Railroad led the first arrival at Union Station since the previous Saturday. Major lines, including Santa Fe, the Alton and Missouri Pacific, will resume use of the station tomorrow with several routes restored, though some tracks remain shared or rerouted between Kansas City and Chicago and St. Louis.
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Kansas City
Union Station
Carthage
St. Louis
Wabash
Santa Fe
Lawrence
Emporia
Topeka
Union Pacifics
Grand Island
Neb
Ellsworth
Kan
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Frisco
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