Neely’s System Raises Cuban Post Shortage Questions
Havana reports show acting Post Director Bristow tracing May 1899 losses to C F W Neely who allegedly took half of postal receipts. Maynard Rathbone and others examined accounts, with estimates of total theft ranging up to 380000 to 100000. surcharge statements total 411000. Authorities await Rathbone arrest and Neely trial as investigations spread.
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Bristow
C.F. W. .Eely
Neely
Estes G. Rathbone
Posts
Maynard
Rathbone
Reeves
Col. Burton
Jones
Stevens
United States
Roosevelt
Cuba
Land for Settlers Opens Vast Public Tracts
Washington reports a conference agreement to open about 2.4 million acres of public land for settlement. The Ft Hall reservation in Idaho, about 400 thousand acres, and roughly 2 million acres of Kiowa and Comanche lands in Southwest Oklahoma are included. Indians receive 160 acre allotments with 480 thousand acres held in common. remaining land opened for settlers at about $1.50 per acre.
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Washington
Shoup
Idaho
Ft. Hall
Flynn
Oklahoma
Amnestead Aetilers
Forces Move in China Crisis Report
A Shanghai dispatch says Cossacks rescue Belgians after talks between Baron de Vinck and Tsung Li Yamen. Bridges and stations on the Lu Han line destroyed, repairs planned for months. German and Austrian guards reach Pekin as Boxers threaten. Washington reports slight Pekin railroad progress and safe status of missionary Pitkin. In Tien Tsin Boxers 4 miles off with an attack expected. 35 German marines and 3 Belgian engineers arrived. French consul notes 11 missing with hopes of rescue.
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London
Shanghai
Baron de Vinck de Deux Orp
Tsung Li Yamen
Lu Han
Pekin
Washington
State Department
Conger
Charles Tracy Pitkin
Pau Ting Fu
Boxers Burn Tuang Tsun Station Disrupt Pekin Rail
London report from the Times correspondent dated June 3 states that Boxers burned Tuang Tsun station on the Pekin Tientsin railway, dislocating service and making foreign guards necessary to police the scene.
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London
Pekin
the Times
Tuang ‘Tsun
Pekin-Tien ‘Sin
Two Men Shot In Transit Company Incident
Theodore McCorner of Milwaukee, a Transit Co. line repairer, was shot twice while fixing wires on Kosssuth avenue. One bullet hit his right breast and the other his right thigh. wounds not serious. A second shooter from a second story window escaped. Wade Sargent, a non union man from Medina, Ohio, was shot in the ankle and faces possible amputation after an accidental firearm discharge by John A. Gernez, a guard at the power house.
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St. Louis
Theodore McCorner
Milwaukee
The
Transit Co
MceCorner
MecCorner
Kossuth Avenue
John A. Gernez
Posse Comitatus
the Transit Co
Broadway and
Gasconade Streets
Wade Sargent
Sargent
Medina, O
Cleveland
Otis Allowed To Land After Quarantine At Angel Island
Major General Elwell S. Otis, arriving from Manila, was finally allowed to land in San Francisco after five days at Angel Island quarantine prompted by smallpox on the transport Meade. He and all aboard were vaccinated. a special steamer ferried him from the island to meet by Gen. Shafter. The party then moved to the Occidental hotel to await departure east, with military honors planned but not given.
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Angel Island
E. S. Otis
Manila
Meade
Gen. Otis
Shafter
Maj
Arthur
Wilson
Occidental Hotel
Ealiers
Atlantic Coast Line Mail Train Wreck at Garysburg
In Weldon North Carolina the Atlantic Coast Line fast mail crashed into an open switch at Garysburg. Engineer Cheatham and an unknown tramp were killed instantly. Four mail clerks and two colored firemen were badly hurt. Mail Clerk McGeorge likely to die. No passengers injured.
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Weldon
N. C
Fume
Atlantic Coast Line
Garysburg
Cheatham
McGeorge
Reverend W P Cleveland Rites Resume Service Leading Methodist Minister
Chicago June 5 Rev W P Cleveland aged 83 a longtime Methodist minister died at his Rogers Park home Born in Delaware County New York he was ordained 59 years ago and served as a secret officer under Gen Grant during the Civil War His death ends a lengthy clerical career in the church.
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Chicago
W. P. Cleveland
Rogers Park
Delaware County
New York
Cleveland
Grant
Death of Silas W Hastings Brigadier General Seneca Falls NY
Silas Wright Hastings former colonel of the 142d New York and brevet brigadier general of United States volunteers died in Washington after a cold developed into grip and heart trouble. He leaves a widow and four children.
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Washington
Silas Wright Hastings
New York Volunteer Infantry
United States Volunteers
Pretoria Crisis Deepens As British Reach Outer Lines
London reports indicate Lord Roberts concentrates forces north of Johannesburg with six columns converging on Pretoria. A purported Pretoria cipher message claims the city will surrender on formal demand. Generals Delarey and Baden-Powell vow defense while Kruger faces public anger over flight with gold.
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Lord Roberts
Pretoria
London
Johannesburg
Lourenco Marques
Kruger
T Lourenco Marques
Louis Botha
Delarey
War Council
Great Britain
Lourence Marques
Friesland
Philippine Casualties Report From Gen. MacArthur
Secretary Root answered the senate inquiry on Filipino casualties since the insurrection began. Lacking details he cabled to General MacArthur in Manila and received figures: Filipinos killed ten thousand seven hundred eighty, wounded two thousand ninety four, captured and surrendered unspecified in fragment.
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Washington
Root
Senate
MacArthur
Manila
Congress
Mob takes suspect from jail in Mississippi City
A mob seized Askew from jail and took him to the woods to force a confession in the Winterstein case. Investigators believe he murdered the child. his bloodstained clothing supported the claim. The mother asked Biloxi identification, so Askew will be transported by boat to Biloxi where execution is likely.
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Mobile
Ala
Mississippi City
Askew
Biloxi
Desperados Hijack British Yangtse Steamer Kutwo
In Shanghai on June 5 a gang disguised as passengers seized the British Yang-Tse steamer Kutwo. They robbed passengers and fled with the loot, terrorizing those aboard who could not resist.
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Shanghai
Portland Vote Indicates Politician Lead
Portland from Friday reports meager returns from yesterday's election indicate panel Ake Folicians have carried.
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Portland
Ore
Jaune
Ake Folicians
Plague Reports Rise in Cairo as Plague Cases Grow
Telegraphic brief informs six new bubonic plague cases and two deaths in Cairo Nigypt. Senate confirms F R Tack as collector of customs for Hawaii district. Rafael Zaldivar arrives to present credentials to McKinley as Salvadorian minister. Archbishop Corrigan leaves Rome for a brief Italian tour before Paris trip.
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Nigypt
Senate
F. R. Tack
Customs
District of Hawaii
Rafael Zaldivar
McKinley
Archbishop Corrigan
New York
Rome
Italy
Paris
Bubonic plague death in San Francisco reported
A Chinaman in San Francisco has died after one day's illness from bubonic plague. Reports from other events include clashes in Texas, canal treaty actions, and dispatches from Coomassie noting no fresh news due to stormy weather.
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London
Colonial Office
Cape Coast Castle
West Coast of Africa
Coomassie
Ashanti
Frederick Mitchell Hodgson
Baseball Roundup of Wins by Pittsburgh Chicago Boston and New York
Yesterday saw Pittsburgh Chicago Boston and New York all win games. Scoring details show varied innings with runs, hits and errors, and lineups list pitchers and batters for each clash.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Seeee
Pittsburgh Wacseerene
Chicago St. Louis
Eine'e
Boston Coors
Cincinnati
Markets Report From Cincinnati And Chicago Grain and Livestock Prices
Cincinnati and Chicago market notes show flour prices for various grades, grain quotes for wheat corn and oats, and live stock figures. Hogs, cattle, sheep, lambs and veal prices are listed with ranges and identify notable highs and lows across the two markets.
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Cincinnati
City
Chicago
Chicago summer playtime for the poor and rural visitors
The piece argues that both city and country poor share a longing for summer pleasures, noting how Chicago’s furnished flats and houses lure farm families for a season. It explains rent-based exchanges benefit city landlords and rural visitors, and estimates hundreds of agencies handle yearly turnover boosting local business.
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Chicago
Chicago genius solves complex problem aiding the poor
Passage praises a Chicago innovator whose solution eases summer hardship for tenement dwellers and enables numerous national vacation trips, highlighting relief during heat and the benefits to city and country residents.
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Chicago
Mayor and official chase muskelonge tale sparks laughs
City and county officials joke about a giant muskelonge seen in a photo. Two men pose with the monster fish weighing 32 14 pounds and 49 inches long. The mayor questions the image while the story unfolds with playful gossip about who actually caught it.
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Harrison
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