Senate passes Philippine bill and isthmian canal debate continues
The 2d to 6th sessions in Washington feature Philippine bill passage by 48 to 30 in the senate, anti anarchist bill debates in the House, and isthmian canal routes with proponents Morgan Hanna and Mitchell. Also reported are a fatal Richmond suicide, a $3,000 inheritance claim in Hoboken, a river raft drowning, and other global and local incidents.
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Senate
House
State Hay
McKinley
Capitol
Morgan
Nicaragua
Hanna
Mitchell
Panama
Drowning Tragedy Amid Mining Strikes and Rail News
Reports detail drowning of Cornelius O Rourke and John McComb in the Las Animas river near Durango during horse breaking, while coal strikes impact Erie canal tonnage. Also noted are a bank burglary in Duncannon, large Kaiser mill fire in West Virginia, wage gains for Chicago printers, and rising anthracite scarcity in New York.
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Pan Aa Emerga
Cornelius O’rourke
Silverton, Cok
John McComb
Denver
Las Animas
Durango
Col
Erie Canal
National Bank of Duncannon
Kaiser
W. Va
Robert F. Whitmer
Philadelphia
St. Louis
State Board of Arbitration
Building Trades
Building Trades Council
Board of Health
New York Academy of Medicine
Kruger
Transvaal
Europe
South Africa
Greenbaum
New York Supreme Court
Jerome
Chicago
Teamsters
New York City
Havana
New York
Cuba
Plaza Hotel
Fifty-ninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Louisburg
Wis
Edward Ward
Miners' troubles widen with strikes across coal region
Across Wilkesbarre Scranton Fairmont and surrounding towns miners strike as engineers firemen and pump runners join walkouts. Flooding feared as rain hoped to flood mines. Officials report scattered clashes and local closures amid a broad strike across the two Virginias and Pennsylvania districts.
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Wilkesbarre
Coal Company
Susquehanna Coal Co
Nanticoke
Stanton
Murray
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Co
Scranton
Lackawanna
Forest City
David Owns
Clifford
Hillsdale Co
Fairmont
W. Va
Virginias
Shamokin
Locust Gap
Locust Spring
Harrisburg
Lykens
Pittston
Hazleton
Freeland
Delaware, Susquehanna & Schuylkill Railroad
Lehigh Valley
Washington
Carroll D. Wright
United States Commissioner of Labor
Wright
Commissioner of Labor
Congress
Thurmond
New River
New
Kanawha River
North Fork
Montgomery
Escape attempt ends fatally for prisoner at Fort Sheridan
Chicago June 9 Dad Cain a prisoner at Fort Sheridan was shot and mortally wounded by a sentry during a Saturday evening escape attempt. The incident follows discovery of an illicit distillery earlier in Yonkers where a rented country home housed a large operation before a fire exposed it. Harris the occupant vanished with his family after the blaze.
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Chicago
Dad” Cain
Fort Sheridan
New York
Yonkers
Harris
Mark Twain at the wheel on river trip for French guests
In St Louis on Friday Mark Twain piloted a Mississippi boat honored by the Countess de Rochambeau. Clemens stood at the wheel for about thirty minutes as soundings were taken and relayed to the pilot house in the traditional manner, recalling customs from forty years earlier.
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Mark Twain
St. Louis
Countess de Rochambeau
Mr. Clemens
Millionaire in Police Court Over Tax Subpoena
Port Huron Michigan reports L Board a local millionaire faced a police court arraignment on a misdemeanor charge for failing to obey a subpoena to appear before the state tax commission and testify about his property holdings.
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Port Huron
Mich
L. Board
State Tax Commission
Cyclone Rips Through Indiana County
A terrific cyclone passed over the north portion of Rennselaer County on Friday, leveling property for about six miles. Alexander Leach his wife and child of Virgie were fatally injured by flying timbers.
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Indiana
Rennselaer
Ind
Alexander Leach
Virgie
Boer Surrender Noted as Peace Returns
London and Pretoria report the end of hostilities with Boer surrenders and a resettlement pledge. Lord Kitchener cites 4342 rifles surrendered on June 4, while Boer leaders address their men and British officers oversee ceremonies at Balmoral and Pretoria. Royal thanksgivings mark the peace milestone.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Botha
Dewet
Edward
Balmoral
Cape Colony
Belagoa Bay
Pretoria
South Africa
Empire
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Metropolis
Quay and Stone Rival for Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Lead
Harrisburg Pa June 9 The Republican convention will decide the leading candidate for governor with Judge Pennypacker and Gen Elkin as front runners and ex Lieutenant Governor Waters also claiming a balance of power Much hinges on Allegheny county 36 delegates as Pennypacker faces Elkin outside Philadelphia and Allegheny County campaign teams led by Congressman Durham and Senators Quay and Penrose with state officials aiding Elkin The Grand Opera House hosts a crowd likely larger than usual Wednesday votes on the first ballot expected.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Pennypacker
Durham
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Phest
Elkin
Gen. Elkin
Waters
Allegheny County
Philadelphia
Judge Pennypacker
Quay
Penrose
Reeder
Griest
Grand Opera House
Death at Harriman sparks possible lynching of suspect
In Harriman Tennessee on June 9 a farmer's wife was found dead after a brutal assault. The victim’s head was crushed and police say 14 year old George Robert, a colored servant, was arrested. A mob gathered at Emory river bridge intent on lynching as officers moved to Kingston jail.
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Harriman
Tenn
Jack Riley
George Robert
Emory River
Kingston
Steamer Collision Near Duluth Claims Nine Lives
A whaleback steamer Thomas Wilson and the wooden steamer George G Hadley collided near Duluth canal. The Wilson sank within a minute and the Hadley reached the beach as the live saving crew rescued several Wilson crew members. Nine were lost in the disaster.
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Duluth
Thomas Wilson
George G. Hadley
Duluth Canal
Wilson
Hadley
Governor Davis Rejoins Russellville Baptist Church
Gov. Jefferson Davis has accepted an invitation to rejoin the Baptist church in his home town of Russellville. Friends say the move vindicates him against actions by the Second Baptist church of Little Rock which withdrew fellowship over his race for the United States Senate.
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Little Rock
Ark
Jefferson Davis
Baptist Church of
Russellville
Second Baptist Church of
United States
Young Jockey Arthur Booker Dies After Grave accident
New York reports the death of 18 year old jockey Arthur Booker who fell from the colt Red Knight at Gravesend on Memorial Day. Another horse fell on him as he lay injured fracturing his skull. he never regained consciousness.
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New York
Arthur Booker
Gravesend Race Track
Booker
Red Knight
Kruger to Remain in Holland Says Brussels Note
Brussels reports Mr. Kruger declares he will spend his remaining years in Holland. He states his life’s work and future lie in the Dutch realm and shows no plans to leave.
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Kruger
Holland
Brussels
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Arrive for Imperial Council
San Francisco welcomes the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine as they gather for the imperial council on Tuesday. The city shows holiday spirit with flags bunting and Shrine insignia visible on streets and buildings.
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San Francisco
Mystic Shrine
Imperial Council
Order
Liberty Bell On Its Travels From Charleston
Liberty Bell departed Charleston on Sunday bound for Philadelphia aboard a special truck attached to a passenger train, escorted by Philadelphia citizens.
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Liberty Bell
Charleston
S. C
Philadelphia
Floods Submerge Beatrice Area and Rail Lines Across Nebraska
Beatrice Nebraska reports severe flooding from Cortland cloudburst. Rapid river rises flood bottom lands and homes, wash out Union Pacific tracks and Burlington line, stranding trains near Pickrell. Across central Nebraska and Iowa, towns like Dannebrag and Gladbrook suffer washed roads, drowned stock, and submerged crops.
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Kansas City
Neosho
Cottonwood
Emporia
Santa Fe
Kansas
Oklahoma
Beatrice
Neb
Cortland
Union Pacific Round House
Union Pacific
Pickrell
Burlington
St. Paul
Nebraska
Dannebrag
Oak Creek
Mitchell
S. D
Main Street
Marshalltown
Iowa
Gladbrook
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago Great Western
Boniford Langdon
Trade Review Notes Trade Outlook Amid South Africa Peace
R G Dun & Co Weekly Review of Trade reports peace in South Africa lifts global markets and could aid foreign industrials and money supply. U S home demand limits immediate gains, but labor disputes remain the main domestic drag. US failures total 218 vs 185 last year. Canada 16 vs 20.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
South Africa
United States
Canada
Thunderstorm hits Chicago area with fatal lightning bolt
A heavy thunder storm swept over Chicago causing damage from lightning. In Wheaton, 17 year old Wilbur Chase, son of Rev. H W Chase of Centenary Methodist church, was killed by an electric bolt.
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Chicago
Wheaton
Wilbur Chase
H. W. Chase
Centenary Methodist Church
Browning Bill Seen in Magee Estate Case
The orphans court heard Dr. Walter C. Browning of Philadelphia seek payment of 190000 for professional services attending State Senator Chris L. Magee during his long illness and death. Executors rejected the claim as excessive while Browning’s counsel noted total claims against the Magee estate could reach 350000 but withheld itemization.
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Pittsburg
Walter C. Browning
Philadelphia
Chris L. Magee
Over
Orphans’ Court
Browning
Magee
Strike Looms as Great Northern Boilermakers Demand Wages
Spokane Wash June 7 A strike threat looms unless concessions are made within 24 hours by Great Northern railway boilermakers at Hillyard a Spokane suburb. They demand wages rise from 3.50 to 4 a day and machinists in sympathy join the action, with the extension rumored across the system.
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Spokane
Wash
Mississippi River
Pacific Ocean
Great Northern Railway
Hillyard
No British Shipping Combine
London reports doubt the existence of an all British shipping combine as announced by English press sources. Correspondents in influential quarters say much of the previous coverage is premature and appears designed to push the project forward.
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London
Taft to Visit Rome over Philippine Friars Lands Deal
Secretary sends to the Philippines committees the instructions given to Gov Taft for negotiating with Vatican authorities on the sale of friars lands in the Philippines. The text insists on church state separation, cancellation of friars titles, and compensation to be paid if congress authorizes the transfer. The plan frames the matter as a business transaction to settle land titles and rentals under U.S. authority.
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Gov. Taft
Vatican
Rome
Washington
Philippines
Senate
House
United States
Manila
Philippine Islands
Congress
Eruption of Mont Pelee Shocks St. Lucia
The Eden steamer, arriving at Castries on June 7, reports Mont Pelee erupted after leaving Fort de France. An enormous smoke cloud shifted eastward, causing near darkness three miles offshore and complicating harbor entry as volcanic dust blanketed the coast and dusk fell by 2 PM.
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Mont Pelee
Castries
Island of
St. Lucia
Eden
Down
Fort de France
Tacana Volcano Eruption Devastates Ratalhulen and Kills 1000
Reports received aboard the Palent from Valparaiso say Tacana volcano eruption has claimed over a thousand lives and destroyed about half of the Guatemalan city of Ratalhulen.
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San Francisco
Ratalhulen
Guatemala
Tacana Volcano
Palent
Valparaiso
Union dispute endangers Chicago packing line
Chicago report says 17 cattle drivers were discharged last Tuesday for union activity. If reinstate is not agreed, 5000 butchers and meat cutters and 700 stock yard workers will not return to work on Monday after a conference between Michael Donnelly, president of the union, and A G Leonard, stock yards general manager.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards Co
Michael Donnelly
Butchers’ and Meat Cutters’ Union of North America
A. G. Leonard
Fusion planning in Pittsburg for November election
In Pittsburg on June 7 two meetings shaped the fall vote. The citizens' central committee of eight Allegheny districts organized and formed a fusion talks group with the Democratic party. John Dalzell was nominated for Congress in the Twenty third district. A conference committee was named to meet citizens seeking fusion with Democrats.
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Pittsburg
Citizens’ Central Committee
Allegheny County
John Dalzell
Congress
Missouri express wrecked near Blue Cut. engineer killed
The Missouri express on the Chicago and Alton line from St. Louis collided with a freight train near Blue Cut, fifteen miles east of Kansas City. The engineer was killed and several passengers injured in the collision last night.
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Kansas City
Missouri Express
Chicago & Alton
St. Louis
Blue Cut
Lynching of Man in Virginia Drives Fear Across Rural Areas
Willey Cann, a Black man, attempted to assault the daughter of a Wise County farmer and was hanged by a mob near Tom's Creek, Virginia, yesterday. The incident underscores racial tension and vigilantism in the border region between Virginia and Tennessee.
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Virginia
Bristol
Tenn
Willey Cann
Wise County
Tom’s Creek
Chalmette Report Clears Neutrality in World War Trading
President releases Col Crowder findings on Chalmette neutrality charge. Six conclusions note Chalmette as a British remount and supply station not a camp, no recruitment, shipments from New Orleans to South Africa, and 166 voyages totaling 98 687 horses and 75 108 mules valued at about 17.94 million dollars from 1899 to 1902.
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Washington
House
Col. Crowder
Gov. Heard
Louisiana
Chalmette
Hay
Pearsom
Boer Legislative Committee
Philadelphia
South Afria
Tay
Pearson
United States
New Orleans
Chalmette Station
Commission
South Africa
Streetcar Strike in Providence Turns Violent
Providence June 6. A parade of about 300 striking conductors and motormen sparked rioting as crowds blocked streets and attacked cars. Police arrested 25 after riots across the city, with officers using clubs and mounted units to restore order. The Pawtucket lapse in police protection worsened the unrest.
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Providence
R. I
Pawtucket
Smuggling Ring Reported Near Plattsburg Amid Health Concerns
DP-nervous Immigrants notes renewed Chinese smuggling across the Canadian border near Plattsburg New York. Officials face new trouble as Syrians and Armenians are barred entry due to a dangerous scalp and eye disease. Two individuals with leprosy were captured in St. Lawrence County, and two more affected were detained.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
St. Lawrence County
Death by Own Action of One-Time Millionaire Howry
John W. Howry a former East Saginaw Mich lumber dealer and one-time millionaire died in Kansas City after taking morphine in a personal crisis at a lodging house He was 70 and left a note for an undertaker and a message to his sons involved in a cattle business in Naravista New Mexico The note cited business troubles with his son J H Howry.
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Richmond
Ind
William Armstrong
Martin
Hoboken
N. J
Monongahela River
Fayette City
Theodore Booth
Sheriff's Jury
O’brien
New York
John B. McDonald
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. D. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
John D. Archbold
Lapaz
Bolivia
Choico
John Olson
Ellsworth
Polyclinic Hospital
Chicago
America
Milwaukee
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Cunard Co
Cincinnati Southern
Cave Springs
Tenn
Chattanooga
Frank Finch
Pay
Erie Company
Hughestown
Providence
R. I
Illinois Audubon Society
Gijon
Spain
Schuylkill
Reading Co
Lehigh Valley Co
Hazleton
Wilkesbarre
Scranton
House of Commons
Brodrick
South Africa
James Simon
Paterson
Humphrey
United States District Court
Welt
Quincy
Ill
Kansas City
John W. Howry
East Saginaw
Mich
Howry
Nara Vista
N. M
J. H. Howry
Cassidy Charged With Embezzlement in Chicago
J. M. Cassidy a former real estate dealer from Council Bluffs Iowa was arrested in Chicago after a month long police hunt. He faces trial on embezzlement charges totaling about sixty thousand dollars.
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Caushi
Chicago
J. M. Cassidy
Council Bluffs, In
Lynching in Charleston Over Suspected Murder
Charleston June 6 Jim Black a negro implicated in the murder of the wife of J K Jones section master of the Atlantic Coast Line was hanged near Ravenal late Wednesday night by a mob of men.
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Charleston
S. C
Jim Black
J. K. Jones
Atlantic Co. Line
Ravenal
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J. G. Lever
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