Yaqui Nation to Enter Treaty of Fealty Ends Century-Long War
After more than a century of intermittent conflict, the Yaqui nation agrees to unconditional submission to the Mexican government. Talks led by Luis Bule and Colonel Jose Gonzales Salas pave the way for peace with terms to avoid northern movement, deliver arms, and protect rights while awaiting June 15 ratification. Troops mass as officials prepare for possible incidents. The war's toll on life and property is immense, with both sides bearing blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Mexico
Racatete
Porfirio Diaz
Republic
Great
Southwest
Sam Brennan
Brennan
Luis Bule
Bacatete
Jose Gonzales Salas
Bule
Ares
Lightning's Freak Strike Hits Petersburg Barn
In Petersburg Indiana a barn owned by Ellis Stull was struck by lightning. Two harnessed horses stood inside. the barn was badly wrecked, horses shoe fastenings loosened, and the harness hooks melted, but both horses survived without injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
Ellis Stull
Currency Commission Organized Under Aldrich Vreeland Bill
The currency commission named by Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon held its first meeting focusing on organization. Aldrich chairs the panel with Vreeland as vice chair, planning a multi year investigation of U S currency and banking, with Europe as a key field for study. The six member action committee includes Aldrich Hale Teller Vreeland Burton Paddett. Teller later resigned and Bailey replaced him. Meeting in New York is set for mid June to draft plans for a full commission session in New England around July 15.
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Currency Commission
Fairbanks
Cannon
Aldrich-Vreeland
Aldrich
Vreeland
Arthur Shelton
Senate Committee On Finance
House
United States
Europe
Bullon Commission
Great Britain
Hale
Teller
Burton
Padgett
Bailey
New York
New England
Dr Koch Visits Leper Settlement on Molokai
German bacteriologist Prof. Koch, visiting Honolulu, toured Molokai leper settlement to study treatment methods. He was hosted by the German consul on theKe Au Hou and accompanied by Dr. Beyckerhoff, Dr. Gofer, and Chilean consul Focke. He noted conditions and asked patients questions but declined to comment on potential cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Koch
Honolulu
Molokai
Orient
Dr. Koch
William Pfotanhauer
Ke-Au-Hou
Walter Beyckerhoff
L. L. Gofer
United States Marine Hospital Service
H. Focke
Koch
Brutal Parisian Murder Stuns Art World
In Paris the murder of painter Adolphe Steinheil and his mother-in-law shocked the art world. They were found strangled in Steinheil's Rue De Vaugirand residence near Seymour Thomas's studio. The house was ransacked and Steinheil's wife, found gagged, names two men and a woman as attackers, with the woman identified as a model used by her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Adolphe Steinheil
Rue de Vaugirnd
Seymour Thomas
Steinhell
Four Indicted Over Crop Report Leaks In Two Cities
Indictments returned in Washington and New York name Theodore H. Price prominent NY cotton operator Frederick A. Peckham and Moses Haas of New York and Edwin Holmes Jr of this city former assistant statistician at the department of agriculture for alleged participation in government crop report leaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Theodore H. Price
Frederick A. Peckham
Moses Haas
Edwin §. Holmes, Jr
Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma law shields union members from employer retaliation
The Oklahoma legislature passed a new law imposing a penitentiary term for any employer who refuses work to an employee because the employee belongs to a labor union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Senator Hemenway Denounces False Reports on Fairbanks Nomination
Senator Hemenway denounces false reports from Indianapolis and Washington claiming Vice President Fairbanks plans to drop his bid. He asserts Fairbanks has no thought of retiring and will be presented at the Chicago convention for the presidential nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Chicago
Indianapolis
Washington
Hemenway
Disparate Brief Items From Across the Nation
Nineteen short items note a Salinesville mine explosion killing four, J Pierpont Morgan’s London visit, Presbyterian assembly in Pittsburg, Denver convention liquor ban, jail jailbreak near Steubenville, tariff bill moves in Congress, Oklahoma and Kansas tornado damage, church bishop assignments, a deadly tornado in Jewell County, St Petersburg suicide epidemic, locomotive engineers reelected, West Virginia delegates backing Bryan, Presbyterian assembly to meet in Denver, drowning deaths near Denison, weekly business failures, German fleet maneuvers, Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal receivers, 100th temperance society anniversary in Moreau, Saratoga county, 56th American Medical Society in Chicago, Allentown quake scare, Grover Cleveland return to Princeton, Adm McElmell dead, a young aeronaut drowns in Passaic, and a Rivertown family drowned in a small boat incident.
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Warren S. Stone
F. A. Burgess
F. &. Hurley
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
West Virginia
Denver
William J. Bryan
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
J. B. Pellis
Red River
Denison
Oklo
North Sea
First
American Temperance Sociery
Moreau
Saratoga County
New York
International Congress
Saratoga
The
American Medical Society
Chicago
Allentown
Grover Cleveland
Lakewood
N. J
Princeton
Jackson McElmell
United States Navy
Philadelphia
Fred L. Woods
Passaic
Passaic River
Vanderbilt Divorce Granted to Mrs Ellen French Vanderbilt
Mrs Ellen French Vanderbilt of New York City won an interlocutory decree of divorce from Alfred G Vanderbilt in the New York Supreme Court. Justice O Gorman confirmed the referee McClure's findings of misconduct, awarding custody of William H Vanderbilt to Mrs Vanderbilt with no alimony provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen French Vanderbilt
New York City
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
O’gorman
Supreme Court
Vanderbilt
Justice O'Gorman
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Trade review notes uneven weather hitting crops and trade
Bradstreet's survey finds irregular weather, crop and trade reports with excessive rainfall and bad roads hurting activity in many regions. Some areas show improved trade after warm spells and reduced stocks, while textiles push more labor and hours. Overall business remains lower than a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet
Congress Passes Currency Bill Amid Senate Filibuster
The week saw the senate adopt the Sundry Civil and Pension measures via conference reports while the house sent District of Columbia child labor and pension bills to the president. A currency bill sparked delays, open debate and finally a 48 to 42 senate passage as Congress adjourned.
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Senate
House
District of Columbia
Lafollette
Congress
Evidence Ties Eleven Horses to Wayne County Theft Case
William Willetts of Attica Indiana and police in Indianapolis and Chicago traced eleven horses to Chicago stockyards sold by a firm to buyers nationwide. Herbert Greene, a Wayne County bank official, was arrested in Indianapolis for horse stealing. Two horses were taken from Willetts six weeks earlier. Efforts aim to recover all animals for their owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Willetts
Attica
Ind
Fountain County Protective Association
Indiana
Indianapolis
Chicago
Herbert Greene
Wayneland
Union Stockyards
United States
Canada
Willett
Memorial to Jefferson soldiers unveiled in Madison
George Middleton of Chicago donated a $15,000 monument honoring Jefferson county soldiers. Dedication included Governor Augustus Willson of Kentucky, a U S battalion, and Grand Army of the Republic ceremonies. Middleton Park will center the park beside the courthouse where a boyhood shop stood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Ind
George Middleton
Chicago
Augustus E. Willson
Kentucky
Jefferson County
Grand Army of the Republic
United States
W. B. Haldeman
Indiana
Third Indiana Cavalry
Middleton
Middleton Park
Mr. Middleton
Third Cavalry
Raid on Al Browns casino and Colonial hotel at West Baden
Acting on orders, two squads of six to seven men raided Al Brown's casino in French Lick and the Colonial hotel in West Baden to seize gambling equipment. Gambling apparatus had been removed. raids were not reopened this season. Officers came from Indianapolis and central Indiana under warrants issued at Paoli.
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French Lick
Ind
James Bingham
al Brown
Colonial
West Baden
Brown
Hanly
Paoli
Brown Casino
Indianapolis
Voted to Renew Wage Scale in Terre Haute
United Mine Workers of District No 11 vote 59 to 36 to sign the scale with operators in Terre Haute Indiana. They reaffirm docking, withdraw readjustment demand for side wages south of the B and O railroad, adopt modified powder clause, and accept last year’s fining clause. Powder rate delivered to the work and miners not responsible until delivery. fining clause now fines mine bosses for overstepping rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
United Mine Workers of
District No 11
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Bossea
Bride slain by husband in suspected jealous murder
In Bovanerville Indiana on June 1 Mrs John Janz a young bride ten months married was found dead in bed with a throat cut police search for her husband who is described as very jealous Investigators pursue possible motive and suspect at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bvanerville, Ind
John Janz
Indiana Masons report 50 thousand members in 534 lodges
Walter Q O Bragg reports statewide Masonic membership 50,111 in 534 lodges with a 16 245 14 year receipts total and a 32 228 41 cash balance. Officers elected: Grand master Charles N Mikels Newcastle deputy William H Marker Tipton senior grand warden William Ridley Corydon junior grand warden William H Schntz South Bend grand treasurer Martin H Rice Indianapolis grand secretary Calvin W Prather Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Grand Lodge
The
Masons of Indians
Walter QO. Bragg
Greenfield
Indiana
Jodges
Martin H. Rice
Rotary
Charles N. Mikels
Newcastle
William H. Marker
Tipton
William Ridley
Corydon
William H. Schntz
South Bend
Calvin W. Prather
Eighth Episcopal Bishop Chosen on Eighteenth Ballot
Baltimore on June 1 reports the Methodist Episcopal conference selecting the eighth bishop after long elections. Final vote tallies list Anderson 548 Neulsen 540 Quayle 519 Smith 511 Lewis 524 Hughes 511 McIntyre 514 Bristol 498. Bristol, friend of the late President McKinley, was elected on the eighteenth ballot and will be consecrated Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Dr. Anderson
New York
Board of Education
Freedman’s Aid and Sunday Schools
J. L. Neulsen
Nast Theological Seminary
Berea
W. A. Quayle
St. James Church
Chicago
Charles W. Smith
Pittsburg Christian Advocate
Wilson
Lewis
Morningside College
Sioux City
Edwin H. Hughes
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Robert McIntyre
First Church
Los Angeles
Cal
Frank M. Bristol
Metropolitan Church
Washington, D. C
McKinley
Northern Indiana Editorial Association Meet in Logansport
Journalists from Logansport and nearby cities gather June 4 5 for the Northern Indiana Editorial Association annual meeting in Logansport Ind A busy two day program includes speeches by Oliverra of Royal Center R M Yelvington H A Barnhart W H Zimmerman and C B Landis among others with expected full attendance and local entertainment prepared by area editors
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Northern Indiana
Logansport
Ind
Northern Indiana Editorial Association
Oliverra
Royal Center
Ossian’s Heavy Loss From City Fire
Fire in Ossian Indiana the heart of the business district destroyed all business houses on Main Street from Craig to Mill. More than six concerns were put out of business and losses may reach twenty thousand dollars with only partial insurance.
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Ossian
Fort Wayne
Ind
Main Street
Craig
Mill
Auction draws thousands at Gunness estate sale
Laporte Ind June 1 The auction sale of Mrs Belle Gunness personal property drew between four thousand and five thousand people. Many items sold for five to ten times their first price. Total receipts are estimated to exceed three times an ordinary sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunness
Laporte
Ind
Belle Gunness
Wawassee Abductor Slain in Lake Incident
In Ligonier Indiana on June 1 William Patterson, who tried to abduct a woman at Lake Wawassee, was killed by a pursuing posse. Patterson was shot by his brother in law after being wounded by a prior shot from the abductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wawassee
Ligonier
Ind
Lake Wawassee
William Patterson
Patterson
Nashville man wins state senate nomination on 2088th ballot
In Brownstown Indiana on June 1 Georg W. Long of Nashville claimed the Democratic nomination for state senator after the 2088th ballot. He defeated Carl E. Wood of Seymour and W Snyder of Silent. In Evansville Indiana on June 1 Arthur Hayden aged nineteen of Topeka Kansas was arrested on charges tied to a burglary at Miss Gertrude Habescead’s home involving about 1500 dollars in valuables.
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Brownstown
Ind
Georg W. Long
Nashville
Brown County
Carl E. Wood
Seymour
W. ©. Snyder
Silent
Evansville
Arthur Hayden
Topeka
Kan
Gertrude Habescead
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Salinesville
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London
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D. F. Vorhees
Steubenville
Philippine Islands
Hennessey
Okla
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Jewell County
St. Petersburg
Wabash
Gould
Alfred G
Tion
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Dedica
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