Harry New the Winner Opens Latonia Derby at Cincinnati
Harry New won the Latonia derby before 10,000 in Cincinnati. Otis rode the winner and his entry finished first with South Trimble second and Martin Burke third. Abe Frank finished last as betting favored South Trimble. The race was not sensational with Harry New securing victory by five lengths.
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Cincinnati
Frank
Abe
Harry New
Cresison
South Trimble
Martin Burke
Abe Frank
Otis
Sielof Knocks Out Sims In Chicago Bout
Otto Sielof of Chicago knockout Art Eims of Akron in the eighth round of a ten round scheduled fight in St Paul Mary. The bout ended with Sielof delivering a decisive finish after a competitive early exchange. Eims lasting until the eighth round before defeat marked a key victory for Sielof on the road.
Yanger Outpoints Rice in Six Round Chicago Showdown
Benny Yanger outpointed Austin Rice of New London in six rounds in Chicago. Rice fought hard but Yanger prevailed and to meet Terry McGovern if weight terms can be agreed. Also Chicago hosted a Western Intercollegiate tennis tournament with Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Chicago, Northwestern and Armour Institute. first singles concluded and doubles to begin tomorrow.
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Chicago
Benny Yanger
Austin Rice
New London
Michigan
Iowa
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Armour Institute
Proctor
Hammond
Armour
Bailey
Moore
Johnson
Watkins
E. Bailey
Town
Bingham
Ryan Beats Mandler In Fourth Round Bout
In Kansas City on May 26 Tommy Ryan was awarded the decision over New York's Jimmy Mandler in the fourth round of a scheduled ten round boxing match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Tommy Ryan
Jimmy Mandler
New York Tonight
Track meet entries misdated cause star players barred
Chicago May 24 official notice lists six day entry error for intercollegiate track meet. Tilins, Jost, Indiana two, Michigan one, Northwestern one are affected. Brewers of Michigan Howell Town Carney Northwestern Karrapp Armstrong Illinois Glessner Knight of Indiana barred.
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Chicago
Tilins
Indiana
Michi
Northwestern
Brewer
Michigan
Howell
Town
Carney
Karrapp
Armstrong
Ilinois
Glessner
I Knight
Money Raised for Coe College Endowment Fund
Cedar Rapids March 26 At a mass meeting led by Dr Gunsculus $12500 was raised for Coe college endowment. Ralph Vorhees of Clinton promised $25600 if $125000 more could be found. The deadline is May 31 only 12000 remains and President McCormick expects to raise it by Saturday night.
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Cedar Rapids
Gunsculus
Coe College
Ralph Vorhees
Clinton
N. J
McCormick
Omaha Lincoln & Southern railway articles filed
Articles of incorporation for the Omaha, Lincoln & Southern railway company were filed to build a line from Omaha to Lincoln with a capital of $250,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Road
Lincoln, Neb
The
Omaha, Lincoln & Southern Railway Company
Omaha
Lincoln
ADD UP THE GAINS FROM SMALL DOSES OF SCOTT'S EMULSION
A newspaper style note explains that steady, small daily gains in strength and weight from Scott's Emulsion accumulate over weeks to produce significant improvement in consumption. The medicine’s long term use is praised for its lack of inconvenience and its role in building new flesh and fortifying the lungs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Ohio Republicans Gather for Cleveland Convention
Ohio Republican leaders converge in Cleveland on May 26 with Senator Foraker absent. Governor Nash to preside temporarily as discussions focus on platform planks including Cuba reciprocity and opposition to price-fixing trusts. renomination of Secretary of State Laylyn unopposed. lists of candidates for Supreme Judge and state offices announced with several Columbus and Cleveland names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Nash
General Grosvenor
Hanna
Laylyn
Supreme Judge
W. B. Crew
McConnellsville
Jos. M. Wood
Athens
Gen. L. Phillips
A N. Summers
Springfield
W. O. Henderson
Columbus
Myron A. Morris
Youngstown
W. S. Savage
Wellington
J. L. Burrows
Painsville
SHE WILL NOT REMARRY
Mrs. Mary Lease in Wichita denies plans to wed a New York professor of an Asiatic cult. She states she will never remarry, intends to retire after her youngest son Ben Hur reaches age five, and cites public life tied to him. Mr. Lease offers no comment on divorce charges and says ambition caused their separation.
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Wichita
Kan
Mary Lease
New York
Ben Hur
Lease
Arraignment in Owosso over death of 5 year old girl
Owosso Michigan May 26 Carl Woodard 13 son of a wealthy furniture maker is arrested on manslaughter charges in connection with the death two weeks earlier of 5 year old Helen Stover. The coroner's jury ruled pneumonia but the girl's father obtained a warrant this afternoon.
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Owosso
Mich
Carl Woodard
Helen Stover
Railway deal at Duluth transfers to Northern Pacific
Duluth Minnesota May 24 The Duluth Transfer Railway company has been sold to the Northern Pacific railway for 550000 The sale ranks as a striking railroad development at the head of the lake The Duluth terminal is a key piece of terminal property The transfer company owned 22 miles of track and the West Side big dock at Seventh Avenue West The Northern Pacific now owns the entire dock
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Dulluth
Minn
Duluth Transfer Ailroad Company
Northern Pacific Road
Arilroad
Duluth
Seventh Avenue West
Northern Pacific
High Honor for Student Named for Graceland Presidency
New Haven Conn May 26 The presidency of Graceland college of Iowa has been tendered to Fred S Holsteen of Burlington Ta a Yale law school senior and Iowa University graduate. He graduated from Iowa university in 1898 and from its law school in 1900. He has taught at Yale for two years and has not yet acted on the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
Graceland College of Iowa
Fred S. Holsteen
Burlington
Iowa University
Holsteen
Yale Law School
Yale
Thompson refuses plea in embezzlement case
Port Huron Michigan May 26 ex supreme finance keeper of the Maccabees Charles J Thompson arraigned in circuit court and refused to plead to the charge of embezzling 357000 from the order The plea of not guilty was entered by the court Thompson is under bond The trial will take place in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Mich
Charles J. Thompson
Supreme Finance Keeper
The
Maccabees
Thompson
Aberty
John Barrett outlines Honolulu plan for St Louis exhibit
John Barrett says Hawaii will fund a creditable exhibit at the 1904 St Louis world’s fair and will block low class vaudeville acts, with support from a new legislature. Louisiana seeks $100,000 for a strong state display featuring timber fish oysters petroleum and more. Lee Morehouse imagines Oregon Indian images and Lewis and Clark views for the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barrett
Honolulu
St. Louis
Louisiana
Hawaiian Islands
Mr. Barrett
Hawaii
Heard
General Assembly of
France
United States
Louisiana Purchase
Exposition notes on Arizona exhibit and world fair plans
Notes detail a $32,090 purchase of $40,000 Arizona territorial bonds to fund the 1904 Louisiana Purchase exposition display. Topics cover the transportation building with four miles of tracks, 270,900 square feet for wagons and cars, 1,160 concession and admission applications, a complete post office in the administration building, and 200 acres of Forest Park set aside for state buildings including Missouri Texas Arkansas Illinois Iowa Kansas West Virginia and Wisconsin. Also noted are Burns cottage interest, Ohio’s $75,090 appropriation signed by Senator Archer, consuls supplying fair news, Mexican rurales and artillery band plans, and Turkey’s planned participation with a large main administration building of fire-proof design housing over 50 offices.
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Bisbee
Arizona
Forest Park
Missouri
Texas
Arkansas
Tlinois
Towa
Kansas
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Great Art Palace
Archer
Ohio
United States
Mexico
Turkey
Prasembly Hall
Bryan Johnson meeting sparks 1904 presidential bid stance
General news wire reports a Chicago meeting between William J. Bryan and Cleveland Mayor Tom Johnson fuels speculation that Johnson will announce a 1904 presidential bid with Bryan reportedly set to back him. Other items include a papal nuncio’s death, tax home moves, a Blue Rapids settler death, a Missouri governor grants a June 13–27 reprieve for a murder sentence, and various local incidents such as a jail break in Paris Illinois and a Dallas-area fraud arrest.
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William J. Bryan
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Chicago
Johnson
Bryan
Monsignor Torgnassi
Hague
Legation
Congress
Borge
Treasury
Shaw
Washington
Evans
Mary J. Thompson
Blue Rapids
Kas
Thompson
Virginia
Kansas
Dockery
Missouri
Sam Brown
Wayne County
Theodore Bung
Adolph Nookin
New York
Rev v. George Seven
First Baptist Church of
Braddock
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Steel Company
Schwab
Braddock Chnrers
Paris
Amo
Abe Withrop
William Grow
Kinegston
N. Y
Pine Hill
Catskills
Arthur Dawitte Cochrane
New York City
Europe
Carey Snyder
R. M. Snyder
Kansas City
William Z. Grimes
Plattsburg, Mo
O. H. Stevens
Run Down by Engine in Springfield Passenger Agent Injured
Disney Taylor, city passenger ticket agent for the Chicago and Alton in Springfield, is fatally injured after a freight engine backs into him while crossing the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern tracks.911
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Springfield
Disney Taylor
Chicago & Alton
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
General Wood's Return From Havana to Washington
General Leonard Wood arrived in Norfolk from Havana aboard the government yacht Kanawha. After a short stay ashore, the voyage to Washington continued.
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General Wood
Norfolk
General Leonard Wood
Havana
Washington
Flood hits Fountain River in Pueblo area
A May 26 flood along Fountain River in Pueblo Colorado swept away bridges and caused extensive property damage. No lives were reported lost.
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Pueblo
Col
Fountain River
Considerabe
Cossip of the Capital and Philippine Debate in Senate
Washington May 26. Lord Pauncefote death casts shadow over social life amid Rochambeau statue unveilings. Herr von Holleben named dean of diplomatic corps. Philippine debate continues in Senate with Beveridge urging strong Philippines control and Hoard delivering a lengthy, eloquent address. Senate House clash over army appropriation bill leads to deadlock and threatened conference. House passes naval appropriation and pension bills sparking dispute between Sulzer Hull and Loud over pension policy.
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Herr von Holleben
Senate
Washington, D. C
Lord Pauncefote
Washington
Rochambeau
Olney
United State
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Hoard
Beveridge
Dudois
Idaho
Japan
China
Philippines
Islands
Congress
House
Sulzer
Hull
Loud
Labor Meeting At Denver Draws 300 Delegates
The annual convention of the Western Federation of Miners and Western Labor Union met in Denver on May 26 with about 300 delegates representing over 100,000 workers in the West and British Columbia. The two bodies work in harmony but meet separately and maintain secrecy. Both factions advocate socialism and seek political party alignment across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Western Federation of Miners and Western Labor Union
British Columbia
Building Strike Halts Denver Construction Wave
Five thousand union men in Denver building trades walked out this morning causing a near total halt in construction. The action follows a two week old walkout by wood workers seeking an eight hour day, with allied support from the other trades.
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Denver
Heart The big engine within the chest and its strain
The article extols the heart’s power and daily blood flow, noting overwork leads to heart failure. It praises Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, claims it strengthens the heart and improves digestion and blood nourishment, and invites sick people to seek a doctor’s opinion by letter. A testimonial from W D Merchant of Tylersburg, Pa, claims weight gain and renewed vigor after seven bottles. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are also advertised for bowel cleansing and liver stimulation.
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Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Br. R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
W. D. Merchant
Tylersburg
Large legal fees paid in Fair estate settlement
San Francisco May 26 nearly two million in counsel fees were paid in settling the estate of Senator James G Fair. The firms and amounts reported include Garber Bishop & Wheeler 400000 Lloyd & Wood 460000 Pierson Mitchell & Crothers 270000 Knight Teeferty 250006 Garrett W Mellonerr 185000 Wilson Wilson Bl James H Bradd 10 Robert W Hayne 25000 Deyu Van R Patterson 18000 W F Herrin 150000. Total 19015000.
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San Francisco
James G. Fair
Garber
Bishop & Wheeler
Lioyd & Wood
Piercon
Mitchell & Crothers
Knight & Teeferty
Garrett Wi. Melonerr
Wilson & Wilson
James H. Bradd
Robert WY. Hayne
Deyu
van R. Patterson
W. FL Flerrin
Mills Novelty chiefs jailed for improper mails use
Chicago May 26 Herbert S Mills and Anthony L De Giznas presidents of Mills Novelty company began a year in jail after a yearlong fight against Judge Kohl saat over improper use of the mails.
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Chicago
Kohlsaat
Herbert S. Mills
Anthony L. de Giznas
Mills Novelty Company
Fire wipes out Michigan town business district
Ravenna Michigan May 26 The blaze tonight destroyed fifteen store buildings and contents in the town’s business portion causing a loss reported at about 190000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Ravenna
Mich
Evarts Tale About a Magazine Slice of Ham Joke
Philadelphia Press recounts Dr. Seward Webb's tale of William H. Evarts on a hot noon visit. At table a spiced ham is proposed as “something choice” to send to a Brooklyn magazine, Evarts joking he will mail a slice from his plate.
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Philadelphia Press
Seward Webb
William H. Evarts
Webb
Dr. Webb
Brooklyn
Mr. Evarts
Presbyterian Assembly Chooses Los Angeles as Next Meeting City
New York May 26 commissioners to the Presbyterian general assembly decide to hold the next annual gathering in Los Angeles California after a lively contest with Cleveland Ohio The assembly also rejected an overture from the Los Angeles Presbytery seeking equal retirement privileges for ministers transferred from the Southern Presbyterian church.
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New York
Presbyterian General Assembly
Los Angeles
Cal
Cleveland
Presbytery
Southern Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Presbyterian ministers who died read in assembly
In New York on May 26 the clerk read the names of 128 Presbyterian ministers who died since the last assembly. The usual resolution of thanks was adopted, the doxology was sung, and the assembly adjourned sine die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Assembly
Baptist Home Mission Society nominates officers
The nominating committee of the Baptist Home Mission Society in St. Paul Minnesota on May 26 recommended a full slate including E M Thresher of Ohio as president and Andrew McLeish of Illinois as vice president.
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Baptist Home Mission Society
St. Paul, Minn
E. M. Thresher
Ohio
Andrew McLeish
Ilinois
Boston call issued for WCTU sixth biennial convention
A call has been issued in Boston for the sixth biennial convention of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union to be held at Geneva in June 1902. The notice invites delegates and outlines meeting arrangements and program outline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Geneva
Cairn District Endevor Union Meeting Closes in Metropolis
The Cairn District Christian Endeavor Union annual meeting in Metropolis Illinois closed tonight. The next gathering will be held in the fall at Cobden Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Metropolis
Ill
Cairn District Christian Endeavor Union
Cobden, LL
Fourteenth Methodist General Conference adjourns in Dallas
The fourteenth quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church south adjourned sine die this afternoon in Dallas Texas. The next conference will convene on the first Thursday in May 1906 and a committee will name the place a year from now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Conference South
Dallas
Tex
Methodist Episecopal Church South
Conference of Jewish Charities hears papers on Freethink societies
Metroit Mich May 26. Prof Morris Loeb of Columbia University read a paper on Freetuvan Societies during the afternoon session of the conference of Jewish Charities. An address was delivered by Leo N Levi and William Jakobhn of New York and Rabbi Levy of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metroit
Mich
Conference of Jewish Charities
Morris Loeb
Columbia University
Leo N. Levi
William Jkahn
New York
Rabbi Levy
Chicago
Prince Henry Enjoys Banquet Ambience Tedium
Boston Herald recounts Admiral Bol Evans describing Prince Henry’s boredom with a postprandial speaker at a banquet. The group waited at the Hotel Somerset for the prince’s 11 o’clock departure to J Montgomery Sears’s residence as Col. T A Bingham, personal assistant to the US president, urged speed amid the tired crowd.
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Boston Herald
Bol Evans
Prince Henry
Bostion
Boston
Somerset
J. Montgomery Sears
T. A. Bingham
United States
Prince Onry
Colonel Bingham
Coal Price Raise for New York Delivery
The retail price of anthracite coal for delivery in New York rose from 6.35 to 6.50 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
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Yanger
Ryan
Wren Remple
Ott
Chemlate
Peart
Peuluth
Fred Holsteen
Graceland College
Supreme Finance
Maccabes
Lee Morehouse
Supreme Court of Oregon
Morehouse
Columbia River
Lewis and Clarke
Oregon Country
General News
Springfeld
Colorado
Cossip
Pruncefote
Western Federation of Miners
Senator Fair
Millis Novelty Company of
Mortuary Record
Jewish Conference
Walsh
Davenport
McCullough Building
West Third Street
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