Killing of Tom Baker shot from Sheriff White's home
Manchester Kentucky June 11 reports the Baker killing traced to Sheriff Beverly White's house. The assailant fired from a window as Baker stood near the guardhouse tent. Mrs Baker and others fled. Troops moved to Barbourville with prisoners Wiley and James Baker awaiting July trial.
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White
Embry Allen
Captain Slack
Beverly White
Barbourville
Wiley
James Baker
Hopper’s
Wiley Baker
Beverly P White Charged With Murder of Tom Baker
Chicago report says Sheriff Beverly P White arrested in Manchester Kentucky on murder charge in the Baker feud. He is guarded by military escort as authorities vow punishment if guilty, while Baker’s faction calls for blood and revenge.
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Baker
London
Louisville
Livingston
John G. ‘White
Winchester
Beverly White
Clay County
Manchester
Bolan
Chris Jackson
Tom Baker
Beverly P. White
Colonel Williams
Storer Mission Arrives in Madrid for Queen Regent Audience
United States Minister to Spain Mr Bellamy Storer Mrs Storer and staff arrived in Madrid by the Southern Express at 11 40 p m. Colonel Morera Madrid police chief welcomed the minister at the station. The Storer party went to Hotel De Rome and will await new quarters before credentials are presented and an audience with the Queen Regent is scheduled.
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Bellamy Storer
United States
Spain
Storer
Stanton Sickles
Legation
Southern Express
Morera
Hotel de Rome
Mrs. Storer
Mr. Storer
Half a Million Wasted in Alaska School Fund
A U S Grand Jury report from Juneau faulted a federal education official for wasting 415000 dollars of Congress funds for Alaska education between 1884 and 1897. It blames him for false reports and urges the Interior Secretary to remove him.
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Congress
Alaska
Secretary of the Interior
Rebels said away four hundred killed Cavite battle clears coast towns
American forces broke Filipino control of Cavite Province driving insurgents from Paranaque and Las Pinas. The Thirteenth Ninth and Fourteenth Infantry and Colorado volunteers suffered casualties as Napidan Monadnock and Helena shelled shore positions. General Lawton narrowly escaped as rebels hid in trenches and struck from trees.
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Taguig
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Helena
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Wheaton
Fourth Cavalry
Lawton
Colorado Regiment
Twenty-first Infantry
United States
Tornado Hits Salix Area Killing Malloy Family
A funnel shaped tornado struck two miles southwest of Salix near Sioux City at 5:30 PM, killing John Malloy, his wife and son Harry, and injuring daughter Bessie who died later. Thomas and Pat Malloy were hurt. Mrs Hassell’s seven children were saved in a cellar. A railroad conductor aided the injured to Sioux City hospital. Rumors of more damage could not be verified. This marks the sixth tornado this season in the district.
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Tribune
Sioux City
Salix
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Harry Malloy
Bessie Malloy
Thomas
Pat Malloy
Dick Malloy
Malloy
Woodbury County
Homer
Neb
Loubet’s Paris Return Amid Massive Longchamps Ovation
Paris June 11 President Loubet and entourage faced a huge security presence as 15 000 soldiers and police guarded the Longchamps Grand Prix route from the Elysee to the course. Demonstrators cheered Vive Loubet while anti Dreyfusites shouted briefly. The President left the Elysee at 2 pm in a ceremonial open landau and returned after the race, with guards forming a steel hedge around him. Disorder flared later outside newspapers and a garden restaurant, but the day largely passed without incident.
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Wealthy Indiana farmer shoots wife then kills himself
John Taylor Mount of Finley Township fatally shot his wife in a log barn near his home and then took his own life. The 50 year old trustee had been ill and sometimes deranged, leaving five sons. The crime occurred after he guided his wife to a corn field and entered the barn where the bodies lay. no one heard the shots until the boy found his mother unresponsive.
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Tom Baker
Howard
Baken
Commercial Tribune
Scottsburg
Ind
John Taylor Mount
Finley Township
Mount
Finley
Insurgent Losses Reported in Manila Campaign
Major General Otis reports the south Manila operation was a great success. Insurgents were routed with about four hundred killed or wounded, while US losses were four killed and about thirty wounded. Troops rested at Las Piñas and Paranaque despite heat. Navy supported shore actions as insurgents fled south and west with civilians driven ahead.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Laspinas
Paranaque
Navy
Rigo Goes to China With Princess de Chimay
A Cairo dispatch reports Janos Rigo the gipsy musician who eloped with Princess de Chimay has journeyed to China with the Princess. Earlier rumors claimed he died of plague at Alexandria.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Cairo
Janos Rigo
de Caraman
Chimay
Alexandria
China
McCracken Delivers Baccalaureate Sermon at Miami University
Dr Henry M McCracken Chancellor of the University of New York delivered the baccalaureate sermon for the Class of 1899 in the enlarged college chapel. University officials praised him as a foremost educator. He emphasized loyalty to truth reverence for God and pursuit of virtue as keys to success.
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Commercial Tribune
Oxford
Henry M. McCrAcken
D.D
L.L.D
W. O. Thompson
Church of St Mark
Venice
Italy
Luther
Calvin
John Wesley
Miami University
Church of the Living God
Vaudeville actors arrested over Sunday theater opening
In Columbus Ohio six vaudeville actors were arrested as managers opened a new summer theater at Olentangy Park amid Sunday performance opposition. Warrants by High Street Theater manager Owens sparked the action, but the show continued after bonds were posted.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Olentangy Park
Bond
Owens
High Street
Pastor Faunce resigns Fifth Avenue church to lead Brown University
Rev. Dr. W. H. P. Faunce, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in New York, announced his immediate resignation to accept the presidency of Brown University. The move places Faunce at the head of the Rhode Island institution, reshaping leadership at both entities.
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New York
W. H. P. Faunce
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Brown University
Law and Theology Move to Springfield from Delaware
The Clark County Bar Association invites Ohio Wesleyan University trustees to relocate the law and theology departments to Springfield. It proposes using the late Hon. P. P. Mast’s bequeathed home, valued near $200,000, for university purposes. Springfield seems likely to receive the proposal as plans advance.
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Commercial Tribune
Delaware
Clark County Bar Association
Springfield
Ohio Wesleyan University
Mower
P. P. Mast
Schley Day Proposed by Brooklyn Crew in Sailor Spirit
The crew of the armored cruiser Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Navy Yard plan to celebrate July 3 as Schley Day marking the Santiago de Cuba battle. Invitations go to Admiral Schley Mrs Schley Captain Cook Commodore Philip and Admiral Sampson as North Atlantic Squadron commander.
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Brooklyn Navy
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Cervera
Schley
Cook
Philip
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Dreyfus Case Flares as Mme Dreyfus Faints at Paris Dinner
In Paris on June 11 M Trarieux hosted a dinner for Lieutenant Colonel Picquart. Attendees included the Prince and Princess of Monaco, Mme Dreyfus, and Mathieu Dreyfus amid Dreyfus revision supporters. Mme Dreyfus fainted as Mathieu rushed to Picquart.
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Dewey at Singapore Aboard Olympia He Improves
The United States cruiser Olympia with Admiral Dewey aboard arrived in Singapore from Hongkong. His health continues to improve and he will land tomorrow morning with a guard of honor. He plans to remain aboard and will not attend shore social functions. The Olympia likely sails again on June 16.
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Olympia
Admiral Dewey
Hongkong
Straits Settlements
C. B. H. Mitchell
Two Men Drown After Sailboat Capsizes Near Clinton
On an excursion from Sycamore Illinois two men named Albright and Larson were aboard a sailboat when it capsized near Clinton Iowa. Both men died in the incident.
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Albright
Larson
Sycamore
Crisis in Cleveland Street Railway Strike Threatens Violence
Cleveland faces a Sunday risk of bloodshed as 900 workers strike against the Big Consolidated Street Railway. Fifty or sixty new workers arrive, including a former Cuban War veteran, while strikers vow no car movements without union recognition and guards are sworn in to protect barns. Arbitration talks begin with the State Board, but both sides consider protection and continuity of service critical as crowds gather potential violence.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland, CO
Cleveland
Consolidated Street Railway Company
Cincinnati
Cuba
Little Consolidated
Street Railway
Little
Owen
Bishop
State Board of Arbitration
Everett
Big Consolidated Company
Bryan
Street Railway Men’s Union
Forest City House
State Board
Daring Norwalk Burglar Captured After Banker Home Burglary
In Norwalk Ohio on June 11 two men robbed the home of Chas W Millen cashier of Norwalk National Bank while Mrs Millen rested. One suspect, about 25, six feet tall and smooth faced, was captured after a confrontation with Marshal Sattig. a burglary kit was found on him. The burglars fled leaving $15 to $20 in silver missing from Mrs Millen and her brother Orton Foote of South Bend Indiana. The other thief escaped and home ties remain undisclosed.
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Commercial Tribune
Norwalk
Chas. W. Millen
Norwalk National Bank
Marshal Sattig
India Wants Kitchener to Reform Frontier Defenses
The Standard reports June 12 that Lord Curzon seeks Lord Kitchener for India to organize frontier defenses and expeditions. It notes a probable withdrawal from the Sudan and appointment to a high post in India to achieve military reductions.
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Standard
India
Lord Curzon
Lord Kitchener
Sudan
Explosion Kills Seventeen Miners in Kimberley Mine
A blast at a Kimberley mine in Griqualand West killed seventeen native miners and injured thirty others. Authorities believe a dynamite magazine explosion caused the disaster.
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Kimberley
Griqualand West
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