Honors at the Trap L. C. Smith Cup at Illinois shoot
At the Illinois State Sportsmen association event in Chicago on June 4 H L Sconce of Sidell won the L. C. Smith Cup, emblematic of the state championship in inanimate target shooting. Crosby of O'Fallon and Ed Bingham of Chicago tied for second. J Hugh es of Palmyra won the sweepstakes high average with 170 of 175 targets, Crosby 166, Burnside 166, Gilbert 160.
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Chicago
Hughes
Palmyra
Illinois State Sportsmen Association
H. L. Sconce
Sidell
William Crosby
O'Fallon
Ill
Ed Bingham
J. Hughes
Wis
Crosby
Guy Burnside
Knoxville
Gilbert
Spirit Lake
English Derby Winner Arpatrick Triumphs at 7 to 1
London June 4 Ard Patrick a brown colt owned by J Gubbin and ridden by American jockey J H Martin won the Derby at 7 to 1. Isinglass owned by Sir Waldie Griffith finished second and Friar Tuck of the Duke of Portland took third as eighteen or more horses started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
J. Gubbin
Ard Patrick
J. H. Martin
R. Waldie Griffith
Isinglass
Duke of Portland
Friar Tuck
Wreck of Southbound Xpress Near Redding Cal
The Southern Pacific Xpress southbound train wrecked near Clear Creek four miles from Redding after a half open switch left by an unknown person. Both engines and multiple cars derailed. engineer J. M. White and fireman Fred Taffel killed. several injured but no other fatalities reported.
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Redding
Cal
Southern Pacific
Léfi
Clear Creek
J. M. White
Fred Taffel
Attempt to blow up Oak Park Methodist Church in Tampa
Six miles from Tampa, during services at Oak Park Methodist Church, dynamite exploded under a church section, creating a large floor hole and badly damaging a corner. Five people were seriously injured. A readied infernal device was found. investigators identify possible dynamite components. No arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Oak Park
Roster of Grand Lodge Officers Named for Iowa
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Iowa elected officers at Dubuque on June 4 with W. S. Gardner named Grand Master and W. H. Norris Grand Senior Warden in Manchester. Dr. J. C. Dunlap is Grand Junior Warden from Sioux City, E. C. Abbey Grand Treasurer from Garner, N. R. Parvin Grand Secretary from Cedar Rapids. The grand lodge will meet next year at Waterloo.
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W. S. Gardner
Clinton
The
Iowa Masonic Fraternity
Dubuque
Masonic Grand Judge of
Iowa
W. H. Norris
Manchester
J. C. Dunlap
Sioux City
E. C. Abbey
Gar
Ner
Grand
N. R. Parvin
Cedar Rapids
Grand Iodge
Waterloo
Triple murder suspected in Hardin fire death
St. Joseph Missouri, June 4. Mrs Belle and two small children burned to death in their Hardin home today. Family perished before help arrived. Suspected triple murder preceded the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph, Mo
Belle
Hardin, Mo
Alaskan crater erupts near Mount Blackburn described as dust cloud
Geologist J C McFarland reports near Mount Blackburn in Southeastern Alaska witnessing a sudden eruption on April 11. The peak opened releasing a cloud of ash and smoke with a stream of dust and rocks pouring from the top for about ten minutes. Local area affected with vegetation buried. The mountain had previously not regarded as volcanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Times
Skagway
Alaska
J. C. McFarland
McFarland
Mount Blackburn
Muir Glacier
Fire sweeps Iowa town destroying five business houses
Center Junction Wyoming Ia June 4 The Milwaukee road town was nearly wiped out by flames around 7 pm The blaze started in Baum drug store and rapidly consumed Smith s grocery Watson s barber shop restaurant and a butcher shop Loss estimated near 15000 cause of the fire remains a mystery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Center Junction
Here
Baum
Smith’s Grocery
Baum’s
Watson's
Fire destroys planing mill in Hegiwisch Illinois
A fire tonight gutted the planing mill and woodworking shop of the Illinois Car and Equipment Co in Hegiwisch Illinois. Loss pegged at 50000 dollars and 2000 workers were left jobless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nh-Nois Car and Equipment Company
Hegiwisch
Ill
Prosperity in Expansion Celebrated by Illinois Manufacturers
In Chicago at the Auditorium dinner of the Illinois Manufacturers Association James J. Hill president of the Great Northern railway spoke on Commercial Expansion before about 400 guests. The event marked a celebration of prosperity tied to expansion policy and coincided with resolutions sent to President McKinley regarding new island acquisitions.
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Chicago
Illinois Manufacturers Association
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Illinois
MacKinley
Roos Disbarment Hearing For Kalamazoo Attorney
In Lansing on June 4 the supreme court disbarment case against E. S. Roos of Kalamazoo proceeded with directors Whaffer Pitfin Dayton and Hunter and agent Bickerstaff of Henderson-Ames invoked the constitutional privilege, refusing to answer material questions. Each director testified the privilege applied to them personally and not to shield Roos, while defense presented affidavits attesting Roos' good character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing, Mich
Supreme Court
E. S. Roos
Kalamazoo
Whaffer
Pit- Fin
Dayton and
Hunter
Bickerstaff
Henderson-Ames Company
Roos
State May Be Reimbursed In Bartley Embezzlement Case
The Nebraska Supreme Court reversed a district court ruling and remanded for a new trial, potentially allowing the state to recover about $537,000 implicated in former State Treasurer Bartley's embezzlement. The decision centers on the liability of Bartley’s bondsmen who were discharged improperly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Supreme Court
Lincoln, Neb
Supreme Court
District Court
Douglas County
Bartley
Congregational Home Missionary Society Session Reports
At the seventy sixth annual meeting in Syracuse papers were read by Miss M Dean Moffatt Illinois and Rev Dan F Bradley Iowa among others during the day’s session in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Convention
Syracuse
N. Y
Seventy-Sixth Annual Meeting
The
Congregational Home Missionary Society
M. Dean Moffatt
Illinois
Dan F. Bradley
Iowa
Woman Chains Two Year Old To Waist On Train
Mrs. Sminal L. Thomas fled Leavenworth with her chained two year old after a quarrel with her husband J. W. Thomas. In Oberlin Kansas she boarded a Burlington train heading toward Denver with the child secured by a chain and padlock. Authorities refused intervention due to the child's age and the father’s rheumatic condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Kan
Burlington
Sminal L. Thomas
J. W. Thomas
Leavenworth
Bryan Endorsement Roars at Indiana Democratic Convention
Indianapolis June 4 The Democratic state convention chaired by John W. Kern endorsed harmony and rejected inserting Bryan’s name in the platform While a firm Philippine plank drew hours of debate the final platform denounces Republican trusts the Dingley tariff and advocates independence for the Filipinos The ticket includes Schoonager Stilwell Riggs Herff Heimberger Scott Hoard and the convention shows little discord except in the secretary of state contest Populists back Bryan for the national ticket and the party praises the army and navy with liberal pensions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvo
Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Kern
Kern
Bryan
Republican Party
Dingley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fowler Bank
Cuba
Isthmian Canal
MecKinlevr
Albert Schoonager
Attica
W. E. Stilwell
Princeton
James R. Riggs
Sullivan
James Herff
Penn
Supreme Court
Adam Heimberger
New Albany
Samuel L. Scott
Clark County
Timothy E. Hoard
South Bend
Schoonover
Ballou
Mr. Schoonover
Brisson Likely Declined French Cabinet Formation
Paris June 4 President Loubet has summoned Henri Brisson radical republican and former premier to a conference tomorrow. It is understood Loubet will offer Brisson the task of forming a new cabinet, but Brisson is expected not to form or join the ministry, with M Combes likely to be asked to accept the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Loubet
Henri Brisson
Brisson
M. Combes
Senate
Charente-Inferiore
British steamer Camonta sinks with 650 aboard
Rangoon June 4 The British steamer Camonta from Madras to this port with 650 passengers all natives, believed lost May 6 in a cyclone, has been located and sunk at Buragua Falls in the Irrawaddi delta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangon
Camonta
Madras
Buragua Falls
Irrawaddi
Democratic Chamberlain Wins Oregon Governor Race
Portland reports practically complete returns showing Cham berlain, a Democrat, with an estimated 751 vote majority after five small counties yet to report. Final totals unlikely to alter the result meaningfully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Chamberlain
Mystic Workers of World elects leaders in Rockford
Mystic Workers of World in Rockford Illinois elects R S Cowan of Rockford as supreme master and announces the next biennial convention will be held in Janesville Wisconsin. The June 4 convention also chose leaders and set the meeting venue for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford, Ill
Supreme Lodge of the Mystic
Workers of the World
Janesville
Wis
Cowan
Rockford, NL
Savage and Harvey Wed at Executive Mansion
Lincoln Nebraska June 4 Miss Emilia M Savage daughter of Governor Savage and Adrian B Harvey were married this evening at the executive mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Emilia M. Savage
Savage
Adrian B. Harvey
Marsh
Executive
Hope for lung patients with Golden Medical Discovery
A pamphlet urging hope for pulmonary disease sufferers notes many obtain cures using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It cites W A Sanders of Hern Mason Co West Virginia who recovered after ten bottles and claims the medicine can help hemorrhaging lungs and general weakness. The ad offers Dr Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser free by mail with stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
W.A. Sanders
Hern, Mason Co. W.va
State Convention Nominates Ticket Led by William Gill
The alist state convention today nominated a ticket headed by William Gill of Montgomery county for secretary of state. It is understood that the Popia lists of Indiana will favor the nomination of Bryan for president in 1904 on condition that he becomes an avowed member of that party.
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Alist
William Gill
Montgomery County
Indiana
Bryan
Indian teachers to attend summer institutes in diverse locations
Washington June 4 By authority of the secretary of the interior a number of institutes will be held this summer for Indian teachers. Scheduled sites include Penn Ridge Agency South Dakota June 25 27 and Flandreau Indian school South Dakota July 1 5 with more to follow expected for the season aimed at improving instruction for tribal students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Secretary of the Interior
Penn Ridge Agency
S. D
Flandreau Indian School
Prison doors swing open for 17 volunteers at Alcatraz
San Francisco on June 4 reports 17 volunteer soldiers undergoing sentence at Alcatraz island were released as the supreme court ruled that a volunteer soldier cannot be tried by regular army officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
Supreme Court
Peace dawns for Colombia as gunboat returns with troops
Colon Colombia June 4 The gunboat General Pinzon returned to Colon this morning from Bo pan Tel Toro with 700 troops on board. The government is hopeful that the civil war in Colombia begun with the Boer war will soon have a peaceful termination.
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Colon
Colombia
General Pinzon
Bopan Tel Toro
Clemens Receives Doctor of Laws at Missouri State University
Columbia Missouri June 4 Missouri State University conferred the degree of doctor of laws on Samuel K Clemens known as Mark Twain. Also noted were remarks about Secretary James Wilson of Agriculture and Secretary of the Interior E A Hitchcock in attendance or mentioned in the report.
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Columbia, Mo
Missouri State University
Samuel K. Clemens
Mark Twain
James Wilson
Department of Agriculture
the Interior
E. A. Hitchcock
Steamship Arrivals Noted At Queenstown Moville Glasgow Liverpool
Steamship arrivals noted from the routes include Ivernia from Boston to Liverpool, Moville Mumidian from Montreal to Liverpool, Anchoria from New York to Glasgow, and Oceanic from New York to Liverpool.
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Quecenstown
Ivernia
Boston
Liverpool
Moville
Mumidian
Montreal
Glasgow
Anchoria
New York
Oceanic
Peruna endorsed by prominent figures in homes and politics
A family remedy advertisement touts Peruna as a proven cure for colds and catarrh with testimonials from Harry M. Stevens of Midland Beach and John L. Burnett, congressman from Alabama. It promises absolute scientific certainty, denies substitutes, and invites readers to write to Dr. Hartman for free advice.
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Wific Co
Atlanta
Harry M. Stevens
Midland Beach
L. L. New York
Richmond
John L. Burnett
Congress
Alabama
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
The
Flattman Sanitarium
Columbus, O
Walsh
McCullough Bullalks
West Third Street
Davenport
Fire proof railway cars urge safer travel
Harper's Weekly notes Prussia orders noncombustible railway cars for 30 000 miles of lines with chemically treated walls and asbestos covered seats stuffed with fire proof coconut fiber. It argues US railways should adopt similar fireproof construction to reduce traveler risk toward near total extinction of fire danger. The piece closes urging subscription to The Daily Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Prussia
United States
Diplomats shift in Washington with two new ambassadors
Two major changes in Washington diplomatic ranks are announced. British envoy Hon. Michael Herbert succeeds the late Lord Paunceforte, while Senor De Ojeda takes over from Duke De Arcos as Spanish minister.
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Washington
Michael Herbert
Lord Pauncefote
Senor de Ojeda
Duke de Arcos
William Straus
Nichke
Strauss
United States Supreme Court
May
Thomas Edison
Mutuscope Company
Tower Court
Edison
Root
House Committee On Military Affairs
Dallas Bache
United States Army
San Diego
Department of the Platte
Omaha
Chicago
William A. McAfee
First Presbyterian, Ecurch
Danville
Railway Company
Park Avenue
Smith
Supreme Court
White Plains
N. Y
Session A Love Feast Nominates State Ticket in South Dakota
The Republican state convention at Sioux Falls nominated Alfred B. Kittredge for US senator by acclamation. Charles N. Herreid for governor, George W. Snow for lieutenant governor, and others were named. the platform supports arbitration in labor disputes and condemns partisan attacks on U.S. soldiers while praising the government and Philippine pacification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittredge
Army
Sioux Falls
S. D
Charles J. Buell
Pennington
Alfred B. Kittredge
United States
Charles N. Herreid
George W. Snow
O. C. Berg
C. B. Collins
George W. Nash
J. F. Halliday
C. J. Bach
D. H. Smith
Sc. W. Martin
Charles H
Former city register Besch indicted for bribe
St. Louis on June 4 Henry Besch former city register under Mayor Zeigernheim was indicted by the grand jury today charged with accepting a bribe in connection with his duties in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Henry Besch
City Register
Zeigenheim
Grand Jury
United Presbyterian Church Assembly Adjourns for Tarkio Meeting
The general assembly of the United Presbyterian church of North America adjourned in Pittsburg to meet in Tarkio, Missouri, next May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Tarkio
Faults of Pronunciation Highlighted by London Chronicle
A London Chronicle correspondent laments common mispronunciations such as Gibraltar Heighth Febuary and isthmus ismus and aerated noting foreign errors due to conscience. It cites Punch and Professor Freeman on Berkshire Derby clerk and the Scots say Bairkshire and clairk, illustrating persistent regional forms.
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London Chronicle
Gibraltar
Scarborough
Berkshire
Derby
Professor Freeman
Bairkshire
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Alaskan
Ininois Manufacturers’ Association
Michigan
Kansas
Committee On Resolutions
William J. Bryan
Second District
Kansas City
Filipimos
Mystic Workers OF World
Supreme Lodge
Rockford
Department of the Interior
Missouri College
Daily Republican
General News
South Dakota
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