Ohio Supreme Court halts centennial salary plan
The Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the mandamus to compel a state warrant for a week's salary to Lem P. Harris, ending the ten year centennial commission project. The ruling holds the state cannot appropriate 600000 for this purpose and the commission’s life was temporary. The Coppin water works case in Cincinnati upheld Henkel bid. Other docket items noted.
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Columbus
Ohio
Sisterhood of States
Supreme Court
Lem P. Harris
Commission of Twenty-One
Auditor of State
Harris
Centennial Company
Toledo Corporation
Senator Foraker
Bradbury
E. C. Coppin
August Herrmann
Cincinnati
A. J. Henkel
Mr. Coppin
Mr. Henkel
Engineer Bouscaren
General Chaffee Honored for Gallant Civil War and Cuban Campaign Service
The article recalls Major General Henry M. Chaffee's gallant actions at Dinwiddie Courthouse Paint Creek Big Dry Wash and Red River assaults, his rise to Brigadier General of Volunteers, and command roles in the Cuban campaign. It notes El Caney capture and praise from General Lawton as one of the army's best practical soldiers.
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Dinwiddie Courthouse
Paint Creek
Tex
Red River
Texas
Big Dry Wash
Ariz
Chaffee
Eighth Cavalry
Fifth Corps
Cuba
Connecticut
el Caney
Santiago
Mr Balfour Refuses To Tell Parliament About Alliances
In London on June 2, Mr Balfour answered a question from Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett about prospective alliances. He did not reveal details in the House of Commons.
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Mr. Balfour
London
Ellis Ashmead Bartlett
Ecclesall
Sheffield
Hood's Sarsaparilla Claims Blood Purity Booster
An advertisement asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses the blood to keep bodies well cared for and strong. It claims to expel all bad things from the blood and restore purity, while curing disorders of the stomach nerves kidneys and bowels to prevent suffering.
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Hood
British leaders contemplate Japan link for China force
A J Balfour and George Goschen discussed possible arrangements with Japan to send an immediate land force to China. Balfour avoided outlining negotiations but welcomed any power able to act fast. Goschen noted the Russian Admiral leads the naval international forces in the absence of Britain’s senior admiral.
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Mons
Japan
China
A. J. Balfour
Treasury
Admiralty
George J. Goschen
Berlin Officials Decline Blame for Boxer Outrages
Berlin officials say Germany sees no reason to accuse the Chinese government of bad faith over the Boxer incidents. Count Von Buelow and Emperor William hold hourly Kiel talks as Germany aims to act in harmony with all powers. The Empress question and Chinese complicity remain unsettled.
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Germany
Russia
Count von Buelow
William
Kiel
Foreign Office
Peking
Associated Press
Viceroys Report 100000 Troops Ready for Northward Move
The Hongkong Times correspondent cites Li Hung Chang stating foreign troops in the capital are for the Boxers. A Shanghai special notes Viceroys Liu Kun Yih and Chang Si Tung with governors of Kiang-Si Kiang-Su Anhui Hunan and Hupeh sent a memorial on June 15 warning against war with the world and endangering the dynasty. They claim 100000 men await the Empress's permission to advance north, with no reply received.
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Li Hung Chang
Shanghai
Liu Kun Yih
Chang Si Tung
lKiang-Si
Kiang-Su
Anhui
Hunan
Hupeh
Nora Kifer Murder Case Shift Afoot in Evansville
Sensational new details place Nora Kifer’s homicide in Warrick County near the old canal bridge. Slippers found in a wheat field identify the victim while auburn hair recovered from an unused well supports a body moved to Pigeon Creek with a stone. investigators suspect a woods patch as the crime scene and fear of discovery drove the body’s disposal.
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Evansville
Nora Kifer
Warrick
Vanderburgh County
Canal Bridge
Keith
Miss Kifer
Pigeon Creek
Henry Gerriths
Elberfeld
France to Get Money for China Troop Expenses
Paris reports the government will seek a 3 530 000 franc credit from the Chamber to fund French troops in China. The cruiser Admiral Charner departed Brest for China and the Friant sails tonight. A dispatch from the Viceroy of Yun nan says Consul Francois and a guard party left Yunnan Sea on June 25 for Tonquin.
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Chamber
China
Charner
Brest
Friant
M. Delcasse
Yunnan
M. Francois
Tonquin
Missionaries Arrive in New York from Peking and Tien Tsin
A Chefoo despatch reports 148 arrivals including servants and attaches of American Board and Presbyterian missions. Missionaries listed from Peking include Reid Davis Hobart Walker Veritz Gamewell Lowry Amen te Ewing Wevell Gilman Glass Martins. From Tien Tsin Pyke Hayner Patterson Lowry Roberts Wilson Bond Stevenson Glover Croucher Shockley Gailey. Poa-Tieng-Fu prospects are described as very little hope.
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Tien Tsin
New York
Journal
Chefoo
Reid
Davis
Hobart
Walker
Veritz
Gamewell
Lowry
Amente
Ewing
Wevell
Gilman
Glass and Martins
American Board
Denby Fears For Son Amid China Turmoil
Ex Minister to China Colonel Charles Denby fears for his son Charles Denby Jr and his wife who reside in Tien Tsin as protests in China begin. A telegram from the Chinese Minister in Washington says no direct information is available about them. Denby has sent cables and seeks official aid to obtain news.
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Commercial Tribune
Evansville
Lnd
Charles Denby
China
Washington
Tien Tsin
Denby
Former Councilman John Lewis Attempts Suicide in Columbus
John Lewis a former Columbus councilman ingested carbolic acid in a suicide attempt last night. He blamed Miss Grace Long of Park Avenue, Columbus, for his actions and urged doctors to allow him to die. After regaining consciousness he attacked physicians for not letting him die and asked that his love be sent to his divorced wife.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington D. H
John Lewis
Miss Grace
Miss Grace Long
Park Avenue
Columbus
Ethel Long
Gardner
Ross County
Lewis
Miss Long
Gentry Dinner Fails to Unite Democratic Factions in Kentucky
In Lexington on June 26 General W. H. Gentry hosted a dinner to meld Goebel and anti Goebel leaders but the effort failed. Senator-elect J C Blackburn stayed away favoring General Lewis over Beckham. Beckham's invitation drew no anti Goebel attendees and a session to repeal the Goebel election law may be urged by Beckham's anti Goebel wing led by Charles J Bronston.
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Lexington
W. H. Gentry
Gentry Place
Goebel
Charles J. Bronston
J. C. Blackburn
General Lewis
Beckham
General Gentry
Brenston
Kentucky
Hayner Family Safe in China Mission Field
Delaware Ohio June 26 report that the Hayner family were murdered in China proved false by a telegram to Mr. Hayner of Cleveland father of the Chefoo missionary. Mrs Shattuck of Delaware received a similar notice confirming safety.
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Commercial Tribune
Delaware
China
Cleveland
Chefoo
Bald in El Reno recruits volunteers for China service
A. M. Bald of El Reno has recruited volunteers and offered their services to the Government through Governor Barnes in case hostilities require more troops to China.
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EL Reno
O. T
A. M. Baldwin
Barnes
China
Brooklyn Sails for Naga Saki to Taku with Marines
Manila June 24 United States armored cruiser Brooklyn sails with 300 marines from Cavite to Nagasaki to coal and then proceed to Taku Colonel Robert J Meade commands the marines in the expedition ship is authorized for the voyage.
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Manila
United States
Brooklyn
Cavite
Nagasaki
Taku
Robert J. Meade
John Cross Freed After Fourth Term Serves Time
John Cross, released today from the Penitentiary after serving inTuscarawas County, was found to be in his fourth term in the State prison. The sentence expiration prompted release.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
John Cross
Tuscarawas County
Judge Attacks Bankrupt Law as Favoring Swindlers
In Indianapolis on June 26 Judge Baker of the United States Court discharged a Madison County man under the bankrupt law but declared the act was framed to favor the scoundrel and swindler. He cited testimony showing crookedness and lack of morality in the bankrupt's dealings with an objecting creditor and called the law fundamentally flawed.
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Baker
Indianapolis
United States Court
Madison County
Six Suspects Arrested in Two Hold-Up Incidents
Hutch Waters 826 Lock Street Thos Kilgour 841 Lock Street Jas Conners 1322 Pendleton Street William Dowdell 523 East Eighth Street Peter Skelley 523 East Eighth Street Ed Holland 526 East Eighth Street were arrested yesterday by Detectives Calnan and Sweeney on suspicion. Superintendent Deitsch will interview the prisoners this morning about the two Monday night hold-ups.
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Lock Street
Thos. Kilgour
Jas. Conners
Pendleton Street
William Dowdell
East Eighth Street
Peter Skelley
Ed Holland
Calnan and
Sweeney
Deitsch
Terre Haute Murder Claims Traveling Salesman
Terre Haute Indiana June 26 George Crothers a traveling salesman for Pittsburg Oil Well Supply Company died from head injuries after an attack by George Cox last Sunday Cox fled the scene and is at large The case follows an altercation that left Crothers injured in Terre Haute.
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Terre Haute
Ind
George Crothers
Pittsburg Oil Well Supply Company
George Cox
Cox
Boy Found Unconscious In Penrose Alley
Lieutenant Scahill and Officer Mallen found a fifteen year old colored boy in Penrose alley near Cutter street and could not wake him. He was taken to City Hospital where doctors said he was under the influence of liquor. Neither electric brush nor hot bath could revive him enough to give a name or address.
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Scahill
Mallenkamp
Penrose Alley
Cutter Street
City
Kentucky Chautauqua Opens in Lexington
The fourteenth annual Kentucky Chautauqua session opened in Lexington today. General Grosvenor of Ohio will deliver the Fourth of July address as the event runs for ten days.
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Kentucky
Louisville Doctor Arrives in Berlin for Talks
Dr. J. M. Ray of the University of Louisville and Dr. mouse of San Francisco have arrived in Berlin, visiting the city for unspecified discussions.
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Berlin
J. M. Ray
University of Louisville
Dr. Mouse
San Francisco
Inerlin
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup For Teething Aids
An advertisement claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup soothes teething pain. It promises relief for a crying child and claims to soften gums, ease colic, and cure diarrhea in infants.
De Wet Leads Boers in Guerrilla Tactics as War Wanes
London dispatch reports Boer forces in the Cape Colony splitting into small guerrilla bands to harass British columns. Commandant Christian De Wet is hailed as the Boer genius, while Lord Roberts tightens the cordon and Transvaal leaders vow to resist to the end. Kruger eyes withdrawal to Waterval Onder or Nelspruit as his health limits travel.
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Orange River Colony
Christian DeWet
Steyn
Lord Roberts
Transvaal
Machadodorp
Daily Express
Kruger
Waterval Onder
Nelspruit
Warren Reports Rebellion Over North of Orange River
Lord Roberts dispatch from Pretoria notes the Cape Colony rebellion north of the Orange River is over. The final force under Commandant De Villiers, about 220 men, 280 horses, 18 wagons, 260 rifles and 100000 rounds of ammunition, surrendered on June 20. Baden-Powell says pacification proceeds in the Rustenberg district.
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Residency
Charles Warren
Cape Colony
Orange River
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Baden-Powell
Rustenberg
Victoria Crosses Awarded for Korn Spruit Rescue
The Gazette reports Major John Phillips Hornby Sergeant Parker and Driver Glassock of Q Battery Royal Artillery received Victoria Crosses for conspicuously saving four guns from a convoy disaster at Korn Spruit Orange Free State on March 31.
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London
the Gazette Today
John Phillips Hornby
Parker
Driver Glassock
Q’’ Battery
Royal Artillery
Kornspruit
Orange Free State
Dr Jamison Elected to Cape Parliament
Kimberley reports Dr Jamison has been elected a member of the Cape Parliament without opposition.
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Dr. Jamison
Kimberley
Jamison
Cape
Jeff Davis Nominated for Arkansas Governor at State Conven tion
Arkansas Democrats split over running mate as the June 26 state convention nominated Jeff Davis of Pope County for governor. A Hill for vice president faction pressed a resolution naming David B. Hill of New York, provoking a loud demonstration before the measure was sent to the Resolutions Committee without debate.
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Bryan
Little Rock
Ark
Jeff Davis
Pope County
C. J. Parker
Ouachita County
David B. Hill
New York
Hill
Committee On
Women Bar Practice Banned in Tennessee Supreme Court
The Tennessee Supreme Court at Jackson ruled that women cannot practice before any courts in the state. Judge Wilkes and Caldwell dissented.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Supreme Court
Jackson
Wilkes
Caldwell
Chinese Reformer Angling for Safe Passage to United States
K ang Yu Wei, famed Chinese reformer, reportedly travels by secret route to flee persecution by the Dowager Empress. An edict offers 100 000 reals for his capture or death, alongside ally Liang Chiaochao. Li Hongzhang ordered to desecrate ancestral tombs and burn his books and type blocks in Canton by midsummer.
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K'ang Yu-Wei
Liang Ch’io-ch’ao
K’ang
China
Li Hung Chang
Canton
Crazy man with knife on Collins Avenue spooks Cumminsville
A crowd of boys reported a supposed madman with a large knife in an old vacant Collins avenue house. No one was found, but a boy named Runkel fainted during a search and was revived at home. Police will monitor the site for updates.
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Cumminsville
Collins Avenue
Runkel
Langdon and
Chase Avenues
Runkle
Collins, Avenue
Night killing in Molena shocks Georgia town
In Molena Georgia Jordan Hines a young Black man was dragged from his bed last night and shot a mile from his home by unknown assailants. The motive remains unclear and no arrests have been reported.
Unprecedented Mobile Rainfall Floods Streets
A cloudburst in Mobile at 5 am caused a tremendous downpour flooding every street up to five feet in places. No fatalities reported and business largely suspended as the Weather Bureau logged twelve inches of rain from 4 am to 1 pm. Flooded areas mainly housed by Black residents, with significant property loss but no deaths.
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Commercial Tribune
Mobile
Ala
Weather Bureau
Jealous Woman Fatally Wounds Rival in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on June 26 Mary Dodds fatally injured Addie Fleming with a gas pipe wrapped in newspaper after alleged jealousy over Dodds' husband. The attack occurred in front of the Bates House and left Fleming with a scalp wound and brain concussion.
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Indianapolis
Commercial Tribune
Ind
Mary Dodds
Addie Fleming
Bates House
Neighbor Slain. Man Shoots in Ohio Township
Martin Prather, a young farmer near Stout Ohio, shot Manuel Irwin six miles west after alleging misconduct with his wife. Irwin dies. Prather breaks his gun stock and escapes. Irwin leaves a widow and several children. Prather remains at large.
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STOUT
Martin Prather
Manuel Irwin
Prather
Irwin
Heat kills two in Pittsburg as mills shut down
Two deaths and four prostrations from the heat were reported in Pittsburg by noon. The deceased include Cornelius Munday, an ironworker, and an unknown woman. Thermometer reached 88 degrees and rising. Mills faced widespread suffering and multiple plants closed.
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Pittsburg
Cornelius Munday
Alschuler Named Governor Candidate at Illinois Dems Convention
At Springfield on June 2, the Democratic State Convention nominated Samuel Alschuler of Aurora for governor and adjourned to complete the ticket and adopt a platform. Delegates elected to Kansas City include Carter Harrison Alfred Trude Benjamin Cable James Williams. Altgeld addressed the gathering as resolutions work finished. Presidential electors at large named John Schubert and Edward Clover. Plattform reaffirms the 1896 Chicago platform condemns trusts and praises Harrison while urging Bryan for president.
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Ill
Samuel Alschuler
Aurora
At-Lange
Kansas City
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
Alfred S. Trude
Benjamin T. Cable
Hiock Island
Jas. R. Williams
Carmi
John P. Altgeld
John C. Schubert
Edward L. Clover
Morris
Committee On Resolutions
McKinley
Philippines
Harrison
Bryan
Bishop Doane Defends Salisbury Speech Before Prince
In London June 2 Bishop Doane of Albany arrives in Dublin to receive a D D from Trinity College. At a state concert with the Prince of Wales the exchange centers on Lord Salisbury ex urging missionaries not to seek martyrdom and Doane remarks that Salisbury spoke as Foreign Minister and his words are worth consideration by missionaries worldwide.
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Bishop Doane
Albany
N. Y
Dublin
Trinity College
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Prince of Wales
China
Lord Salisbury
Exeter Hall
Will of Joseph White Sprague Offered for Probate
Louisville observer notes that Joseph White Sprague rich former Ohio Falls Car Works president died leaving a trust for Seth Sprague Terry and life interests to Harriet Terry Caroline Smith and Seth Sprague Terry with remainder to descendants or widow during single life, all devisees residing in the area. Affidavits from witnesses in New York and Switzerland pending before probate.
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Joseph White Sprague
Ohio Falls Car Works
New York
Switzerland
Seth Sprague Terry
Harriet
Terry
Caroline L. Smith
Charles Sprague Smith
B. Smith
Caroline R. Smith
Grace B. Terry
Read Papers Brumbaugh Not Attended by Boone and James
Dr. R. G. Boone and Cornelia James of Cincinnati read papers while Brum baugh cannot attend.
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R. G. Boone
Cornelia James
Cincinnati
Brumbaugh
Writers Meet at Warsaw Western Association Session
The Western Association of Writers holds its fifteenth annual meeting in Warsaw Indiana with authors from the West in attendance. Sessions focus on the Northwest’s literary and scientific development over the last century. Speakers include Miss Nickleson Wisconsin and Mrs. Barrett Michigan and Miss Minetta Taylor Indiana.
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Ind
Western Association of Writers
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Northwest
Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Rev. A. Johnston
Jethro C. Culmer
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Newcastle
Minetta Taylor
Indiana
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Illinois
Ohio Women Remembered By Temperance Congress
In Edinburgh on June 26 the World's Women's Christian Temperance Union Congress re elected Lady Henry Somerset as President and named Mrs L M N Stevens of Maine as additional Vice President. The congress approved the W C T U of America action about a Chicago temple and cabled greetings to Mrs Stewart of Springfield Ohio and Mrs Thomson of Hillsboro Ohio.
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Edinburgh
World’s Women’s Christian Temperance Union Congress
Henry Somerset
L. M. N. Stevens
Maine
Congress
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of America
Chicago
Stewart
Springfield
Thomson
Hillsboro
Boy Fatally Shot in Montgomery Gate Incident
Moses Gaines a 12 year old boy was fatally shot by Gill Jones 14 after blocking an entrance at a gate in Montgomery Trigg County Hopkinsville Kentucky Jones is jailed for the shooting.
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Moses Gaines
Hopkinsville
Montgomery
Trigg County
Gill Jones
Jones
General Joseph H. Lewis Opens Campaign HQ in Frankfort
General Joseph H. Lewis arrived in Frankfort to campaign for the Democratic nomination for Governor and opened headquarters with Captain W. S. B. Hill and John W. Roy in charge Beckham also opened headquarters in the city.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Joseph H. Lewis
Lewis
W. S. B. Hill
John W. Roy
Beckham
Naval Cadet Named for Annapolis Appointment
Hub bard Needham of Williamstown Kentucky has been named as an alternate for Naval Academy appointment by Congressman A S Berry. He is the son of Dr Lassing of Boone County and serves as a principal in the Boone County area.
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A. S. Berry
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Boone County
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