Wreck and War News From Distant Shores and Markets
Reports describe a Malay trader's crew killed by natives after their ship wrecked off Cape Wilberforce. A Dutch bark foundered with only three survivors. rest of crew lost. Boer surrender numbers rise as Pretoria notes shifting sentiment amid France and Germany. A U.S. bank stabilizes a run with $75,000 openly displayed. A lioness maims a keeper at an Indiana circus. American ships converge on Gibraltar. coronation maneuvers ahead. Jockey Tod Sloan fined in Paris after speeding auto. Two killed in Nashville collision. Whitelaw Reid meets King Edward at Buckingham Palace.
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Victoria
8. C
Aorungi
J’ort
Jockey Sloan
Paris
Tod Sloan
Sloan
Wall Collapse Buries Workers at Nattatorium Site
In St. Louis at the Nattatorium site on Pine and Twenty-First streets a wall fell during demolition, burying several negro laborers. Rescue efforts recovered workers with injuries reported as serious in varying degrees. Italian feud in New Orleans leaves three dead and two wounded, one possibly fatally.
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Pine and
Twenty-First Streets
St. Louis
New Orleans
New York Merchants Held on Customs Fraud Charges
Two merchants, Martin L. Cohen and Abraham B. Rosenthal of A. S. Rosenthal & Co, are held in New York on charges of defrauding the government in a major silk import fraud. Bail set at 60 000 per count across three counts with about 6 000 involved in the arrests, and prosecutors say more than 60 crimes may be charged. The case follows years of investigations sparked by the former appraiser Wakeman and investigated by a special assistant attorney general.
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New York
Martin L. Cohen
Abraham
Rosenthal
A. S. Rosenthal & Guo
Shields
United States
Wilbur
Wakeman
W. Wicklam Smith
Naval maneuvers to crowd Caribbean with battleships
Orders call North Atlantic, South Atlantic and European squadrons to assemble a fleet in the Caribbean Sea for the greatest naval maneuvers this country has seen. Vessels include Kearsarge, Massachusetts, Illinois, Alabama, Brooklyn, Maine, and multiple others with visits to Plampton Roads and Culebra.
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Caribbean
Caribbean Sea
Kearsarge
Maassachusetts
Ilinois
Alabama
Indiana
Brooklyn
Maine
Wynpia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Raleiga
Albany
Ciieage
San Prancisto
Newark
Atlanta
Detroit
Montgomery
Sashville
Malletti
Machias
Tepedo
Department
North Atlantic
Plampton Roads
Culebra
Fire losses drop for five months in 1902 linked to Jacksonville blaze
The New York Journal of Commerce reports May fire losses at 14 809 and a five month total about 2 500 000 less than 1901. A Chinese passenger Peng Jung aboard the John Wilson is barred from landing in New Orleans under U S immigration law and may be moved elsewhere.
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Neary York Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
United States
Canada
Apt
Jacksonville
Nicaragua
New Orleans
John Wilson
Bluefields
Peng Jung
Cortine
Flames at Saratoga kill and injure many in arcade fire
A major blaze in Saratoga New York destroyed the Arcade Building and adjacent structures including Shackleford and Theater Saratoga. One person was killed another fatally injured several hurt and eight listed as missing. The damaged buildings held a total value of about 800000 with 175000 insured. Uhlet Shadwick aided in rescuing a woman. Missing tenants resided in the Arcade Building. The theater and bank sections were water damaged but safes remained intact.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Broadway
Shackleford
Citizens’ National Bank
Uhlet Shadwick
Italians Clash After Street Car Line Incident in St Paul
Four men seriously injured in a confrontation at the end of the Concord street car line in St Paul involving Chicago Great Western Railroad workers and Italian camp residents. Police arrested twenty Italians after the clash sparked by an insult to two passing women.
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Chicago Great Western Railroad
Concord
St Paul
Judge Holds Husband May Keep Mother in Law in Home
Chicago Judge Holdom dismissed Mrs. Ernestine Giese’s suit for separate maintenance against Wilhelm Giese after ruling a man may keep his mother-in-law in the house if she does no harm. The mother-in-law is the mother of a former wife, Mrs Veiden, who reportedly wanted to run the household.
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Holdom
Giese
Chicago
Ernestine Giese
Wilhelm Giese
Bootblack Wins Big Sum Then Loses It All in Races
A New York bootblack nicknamed "Herman" bets heavily on horse racing since July, amassing about $24,000 at peak, then loses it all. He works at five cents a shine in city hall park and refuses to reveal his last name. He started with $60 saved from shines, aimed to reach $50,000 before banking. A mix of gambling wins and losses accompanies reports of other global incidents and local court cases.
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Herman
City Hall Park
New York
Ile
Werman
Town of Michel in British Columbia destroyed by fire
Telegrams from St Paul report Michel in British Columbia was burned Monday. A hurricane wind drove flames from the residence section after 1 PM, reducing twenty four houses to ashes in under four hours. About fifty families homeless. The Crow's Puss Coal Company suffered a $50,000 loss and Canadian Pacific cars burned costing about $10,000, delaying traffic six to ten hours.
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St. Paul
Michel
B. C
Crow
Canadian Pacific
Trolley Crash Injures Forty Five at Brentwood
A Clayton branch trolley car on the Suburban Electric line rammed a Missouri Pacific engine at Brentwood Missouri. Forty five persons were injured some fatally as shattered glass and wreckage caused severe wounds and trauma to passengers.
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Brentwood
Clayton
Missouri Pacific
Organist commits self immolation in Michigan church
Joseph Reich, 39, organist and parochial school teacher at a Catholic Church in Fisherville Michigan, set fire to himself after dousing his clothes with kerosene. His charred remains were found before the altar and the church floor showed burn holes.
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Fisherville
Mich
Joseph Reich
Rejeh
Senate passes academy bill as House debates anti anarchist measure
The Senate approved the military academy appropriation for West Point improvements and spent time on the canal bill while the House carried on general debate on the anti anarchist bill. Lawmakers discussed pension bills, the president’s Memorial Day remarks, and the isthmian canal issue with votes on information requests and forest reserve transfers.
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Senate
West Point
House
Messrs. Sibley
DeArmond
Williams
Miss
Wooten
Texas
McDermott
N. J
Lond
Cal
Rumpacker
Ind
Maddox
Ball
Clark
Frank C. Darling
Minnesota
Richardson
Alabama
Littlefield
Gen
Wand
Cuba
Simmons
Appalachian Mountains
Interior Department
Agricultural Department
Turner
Second
United States Artillery
Chicago
Corliss Pacific
Dalgell
Philippines
Washington Notes and Panama Route Difficulties Barred
Washington notes say Ragtime is barred from popular Marine Band concerts in the capital. Senator Harris calls the engineering difficulties on the Panama route insurmountable, signaling stalled progress on the project.
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Washington
Marine Band
Harris
Panama
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