Rioters Disrupt Transit as Cars Operate on Five Lines
In St Louis on May 21, five Park Laclede Delmar Page and Spaulding lines ran with no strike interference. Police cleared crowds as incidents erupted at 18th Chestnut and Washington avenues with arrests and a late evening arrest of W H Steinbiss. Company officials demand police protection while promising to restore the old crew balance.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Transit Co
Park
Laclede
Delmar
Page
Spaulding
18Th
Chestnut
Laclede Avenue
Sergt. Bowen
Tenth Street
Washington Avenue
W. H. Steinbiss
National Building Trades Council
Bellefountain
Steinkiss
Adams
Baumhoff
Mahan
Car Men's Association
Transit Co
Hhe
Metal ‘Trades Council
Indiana Eyes Fairbanks New President 1904
Indiana Republican leaders plan a Philadelphia trip to boost Senator Fairbanks for president in 1904. Since Landis urged his name at the state convention, Indiana hopes to rally support from other states and nominate him. About 1,000 Hoosiers expected at the convention with Fairbanks likely named as delegation chair.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Philadelphia
Senator Fairbanks
Landis
Fairbanks
Hanna
Three Coal Miners In Fatal Memphis Lunch House Shootout
In Memphis on May 21 three West Virginia coal miners entered the lunch house of T. F. McKenna. A quarrel with the porter escalated when Mrs. McKenna, after being beaten with a club by Edward Whittington, retrieved a revolver and shot Whittington in the neck, killing him. Dennis Brogan was shot in the face as he moved toward Mrs. McKenna and is expected to die. Thomas Coleman escaped unharmed.
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Memphis
Tenn
Edward Whittington
Dennis Brogan
Thomas Coleman
West Virginia
T. F. McKenna
Adams and
Front Streets
McKenna
Brogan
Coleman
Night hotel holdup yields jewels and cash in Kansas City
A lone highwayman robbed the Coates hotel cigar stand strong box at 11:30 pm. He forced the night clerk and another employee to the revolver point, escaped on a tied horse with diamonds worth 1200 dollars, 250 dollars in gold and currency, and checks totaling 100 dollars.
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Kansas City
Coates Hotel
Carriage Hit By Trolley Injures Four In East Pittsburgh
In East Pittsburgh a carriage carrying four people was struck by a trolley car. Miss Mamie Best was badly hurt and likely fatally injured. Jean Watkins Edward McGinnis and Edward Woods suffered serious bruises and cuts.
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Pittsburgh
Mamie Best
Jean Watkins
Edward McGinnis
Edward Woods
Southern Presbyterians hold sermons in Atlanta area towns
In Atlanta on May 21 the commissioners attending the general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church preached in local churches. They also conducted services in nearby towns, extending the outreach beyond Atlanta.
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Atlanta
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Democratic convention to fill Wheeler seat in Alabama
Will select Wheeler's successor for the unexpired term and the following two years. The Democratic convention of the Eighth district will meet July 3 in Succe santsville to name a candidate for Congress.
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Santsville
Ala
Eighth
Cornell Professor and Student Die in Hihaea
Emeritus professor Gardiner Williams of Cornell University dies of paralysis at 72 in Hihaea New York. Student Hiram W. Little of Cleveland dies of typhoid fever at 23.
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Hihaea
N. Y
Gardiner
Williams
Cornell University
Hiram W. Little
Cleveland
Knoxville invites Boer commissioners to visit city
The Knoxville city council unanimously passed a resolution inviting the Boer commissioners now in the country to visit Knoxville. Mayor Heiskell will formally extend the invitation.
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Knoxville, Tenn
City Council of
Knoxville
Heiskell
Princeton Canoe Tragedy Near Kingston Dam
Two Princeton sophomore students Hay from Nutley New Jersey and Au gur from Evanston Illinois drowned while attempting to shoot the rapids in a canoe at Kingston dam.
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Princeton
N. J
Hay
Nutley, N. J
Augur
Evanston, Il
Kingston Dam
President McKinley to Attend Canton Event
Canton Ohio May 21 President McKinley has accepted an invitation to be in Canton on a date in June for a Span event.
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Canton, O
McKinley
Canton
Peace Proposals Hint at Unconditional Surrender Talks
In London May 21 reports claim a telegram to Prime Minister from President Kruger proposing peace terms. TheDaily Express notes the message appears humble, but British officials are understood to demand unconditional surrender. Mafeking relief details remain unavailable as Lord Roberts and Lord Lansdowne indicate awaiting direct news.
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London
Daily Express
Foreign Office
Kruger
Lord Salisbury
Mafeking
Lord Roberts
Lord Lansdowne
War Office
Kroonstad
Dewet
Buller
Laing
Nek
Colville
Winburg
Botha
Philip Botha
Daily Telegraph
Pretoria
Transvaal
Daily Mail
Lorenzo Marques
Guna
Mequarling
Brabant
Cigsplan
Senate to adjourn as bills move toward resolution
In Washington on May 21 the senate prepares to adjourn after finalizing appropriations and conference reports. The schedule includes the sundry civil, general deficiency, and military academy bills alongside the Nicaragua canal unfinished business and the anti trust measures. Reports indicate cautious progress on the Transvaal crisis and security concerns at home as patrolman Hensley recovers.
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Washington
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Judiciary Committee
Neely
Fires Destroy Multiple Mills Across States
Doan Lumber Co. mills in Mingo West Virginia burned causing about 25000 in losses. Macon Agricultural Co. plant in Macon Georgia destroyed with 50000 loss. Doe River woolen mills in Elizabeth town Tennessee burned with 30000 loss and 4500 insured. A G Safford of Washington collapsed paralyzed in Boise Idaho. George C Lorimer declines Columbian University call and stays at Tremont Temple. 50 mile Antwerp bicycle race sees Edouard Taylore beat Harry Elkes by 300 meters. Assistant Postmaster General Hristow arrives in Havana to probe postal frauds. Samuel Donnelly of the International Typographical Union loses re election to James M Lynch. M A Hanna Coal Co Cleveland fires 1000-1100 miners in Dillonvale Long Run Knob Run West Virginia. No cause given.
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Macon Agricultural Co
Macon
Elizabethtown
Tenn
A. G. Safford
Washington
Capital Hotel
Boise
Idaho
George C. Lorimer
Boston
Columbian University
Tremont Temple Society
Antwerp
Harry Elkes
Edouard Taylore
Hristow
Havana
Rathbone
M. A. ‘Hanna Coal Co
Cleveland
Dillonvale
Long Run
Knob Run
West Virginia
Five Hundred Killed in Colombian Rebel Actions Near Panama
Kingston Jamaica reports via Royal Mail steamer Trent that rebels operate around Panama with troops quartered in churches. May 16 engagement north of Panama drove rebels off. government troops victorious at Cartagena. Bridges destroyed on May 13 blocked embarkation. About 509 rebels killed. country in a frightened state. paper dollars worth 5 cents.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Colombia
Royal Mail
Trent
Panama
Carthagena
Americans Ambushed by 500 Insurgents in Mindanao Fight
Manila reports five hundred insurgents ambushed eighty scouts from the 40th Volunteer Infantry in hills near Aguasan Mindanao. The Americans routed the attackers killing fifty one. American losses were two killed and three wounded.
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Manila
40Th Volunteer Infantry
Aguasan
Mindanao
Death of Mae Butter in Noxbury under Suspicion
May Butter aged years was found dead with a dagger in her breast at Mrs. A B Wright’s residence in Noxbury early Sunday. Edwin T. Wright, her son, is under arrest on suspicion of murder though evidence remains scarce. Also, Walter W. Denton, sought for arson in Caro Michigan, was arrested in Mishawaka while collecting mail, after two weeks in town, linked to a confectionery store partnership.
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Degeser
Bogton
Bend
Ind
Walter W. Denton
Caro
Mich
Mishawaka
Englewood
Til
Denton
Bere
Eva
Rain Cancels Parade of Iron and Steel Workers in Indianapolis
Sunday’s news brief notes rain stopped the Amalgamated Association convention parade in Indianapolis. Other items include San Francisco reporting bubonic plague with six deaths in three months, the Grant statue unveiling in the Capitol, Pekin boxers growing dangerous, a US gunboat ordered to Taku, death of Homer Earle Sargent age 78, fire at St Mary’s College Belmont NC with $200000 loss, Mafeking relief column of 2000 leaving Kimberley May 4, and Boer siege abandonment.
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Iron and Steel
Amalgamated Association
Indianapolis
Board of Health of
San Francisco
Gen. Grant
Grand Army of the Republic
Capitol
Washington
Pekin
China
United States
Taku
Homer Earle Sargent
Northern Pacifico Railroad
Chicago Union Stockyards
St. Mary's College
Belmont
N. C
Catholic Church
Mafeking
Kimberley
Baseball scorecard fragments from multiple games
Readable lines show innings by innings results for Cincinnati vs Brooklyn St Louis vs New York Chicago vs Pittsburgh with battery pairings and umpires listed for each game. The text preserves scoring sequences and team abbreviations amid damaged OCR formatting.
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Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Scott and Peitz
Kennedy and
Farrell
Emslie
St. Louis
New York
Thomas and Robinson
Carrick and Bowerman
O'Day
Tnings
Philadelphia
Eveve
Chicago
Pittsburgh
ABS
Boston
Markets Report from Cincinnati Flour and Grain Prices
The Cincinnati market report lists flour prices across grades from spring fancy at 3.10 to winter patent at 3.75, along with extra and low grade ranges. Grain shows wheat No. 2 red track 73 cents, corn No. 2 mixed track 41.4 cents, oats No. 3 mixed quotable at 25 1/2 cents. Live stock prices cover shipper and butcher grades, with cattle and sheep value ranges and lambs noted.
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Cincinnati
Exstras
Siberian railway progress and safety measures previewed
A report from Wladivostok details progress on the Great Siberian railroad toward Vladivostok, including tramcar amenities, costs, and a nine year modernization plan. It notes a safety tube brake invention by Mr Nikolaieff reducing train stoppages and cites rising traffic and evolving routes from Moscow to Vladivostok and onward to Harbin and Pekin.
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Russia
Siberian
Vershkolovo Station
St. Petersburg & Warsaw Road
Nikolaieff
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