Confederate Flag Debate Splits Sons of Veterans Parade Leading
In Louisville on June 1 the Sons of Confederate Veterans narrowly rejected tabling a motion to carry only the Confederate flag at the head of the parade. Delegates debated displaying both flags, citing the U S flag’s role alongside Confederate symbols and recent national actions. The issue was postponed for final action.
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Sons of Veterans
Louisville
Stars and Stripes
Sons of Confederate Veterans
W. H. McLaws
Georgia
United States
McKinley
McLaw
Warrant Issued for Former Governor Taylor in Goebel Murder Case
In Frankfort on June 1 a bench warrant was issued for the arrest of former Kentucky governor W S Taylor on an indictment naming him an accessory to the murder of William Goebel. The indictment was filed April 19 and about 60 witnesses are listed. Deputy Sheriff John Suter holds the warrant as the sheriff is away at Hot Springs.
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Frankfort
Taylor
Kentucky
William Goebel
William
Franklin County
Commonwealth
Warant
John Suter
Hot Springs
Mount
Indiana
Otis Out of Quarantine Lands After Vaccination
General E S Otis arrived from Manila and, after five days in quarantine on Angel Island due to smallpox cases on board, was allowed to land. He, and all aboard, received vaccination before transfer to the Occidental hotel for a relaxed afternoon while preparations for his eastward departure continued.
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San Francisco
Otis
Manila
Meade
General Otis
Angel Island
General Shafter
Occidental Hotel
Mrs. John Sherman Dies in Mansfield at 72
Margaret Cecilia Stewart, only child of the late Judge Stewart, died at midnight in Mansfield Ohio aged 72. She married John Sherman on December 1 1848. No children. Born in Mansfield she will be buried there.
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John Sherman
Mansfield, O
Margaret Cecilia Stewart
Judge Stewart
Sherman
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Promises Digestive Cure
An old advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for stomach diseases and systemic ailments. It claims stomach health restores organs such as the heart liver and kidneys and cites a testimonial from Mrs. S in California about prior failed treatments.
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Pierce
A. Ae
Francisco
Golden
Meck
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
la. J. Williama
London in doubt as Pretoria crisis deepens in June
Reports from Lourenzo Marques indicate Pretoria defense plans remain active as war council asserts governing powers while Kruger and generals coordinate. British forces push toward Johannesburg with six columns converging on Pretoria amid lingering telegraph disruption and strategic warnings.
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London
Pretoria
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Kruger
Lourenzo Marquez
Louis Botha
Delarey
War Council
Great Britain
Friesland
Roberts
Iicksburg
Senekal
Lindley
Rundle
Redulphburg
Ficksburg
Brabant
Lloyd
Drummer Haynes
Floyd
Roberts Sends Report From Orange Grove Dispatch
War Office reports from Lord Roberts dated June 2 describe delayed telegraph messages about Colonel Spriggs battalion being attacked between Kroonstadt and Lindley on May 29 with casualties to follow. Johannesburg shops reopen and peace mood returns. Orange Free State annexation proclaimed at Bloemfontein May 26.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Orange Grove
Spriggs
Imperial Yeomanry
Kroonstadt
Lindley
Johannesburg
Orange Free State
Bloemfontein
Prettyman
Kelly Kenny
Orange River Colony
Botha
Zoutpansberg
Four killed and four fatally hurt in Nitro- glycerine explosion
At Whipple near Manhetta C a premature blast on a Kelly farm well killed four men and fatally wounded another as 50 quarts of nitro glycerine exploded. The Humes Torpedo Co crew prepared the shot. a jack squib triggered the disaster and debris killed or maimed every onlookers. Victims named include Willa W Watson H E Zelton Frank Speers Thomas Daniels James P Speers Herman Speers John Stellar Walter Daniels Henry Stellar and William Carpenter.
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Manhetta
Whipple
Kelly Farm
Whitt
Willa W. Watson
H. E. Zelton
Frank Speers
Thomas Daniels
James P. Speers
Herman Speers
Rawson Stellar
William Carpenter
John Stellar
Walter Daniels
Henry Stellar
Humes Torpedo Company
Tragedy in Forest Junction Explodes Dynmite Killing Six
Six people including William Broehm his wife and three children and H Stevens died in a dynamite blast at their Forest Junction home near Brillion Wisconsin. About 12 pounds of explosive in a stove overheated and exploded causing the fatal accident. An inquest was held.
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Wisconsin
Brillion
Wis
William Broehm
Forest Junction
Brookm
Eight Year Old Hero Rescues Siblings From Burning Home
In Media Pennsylvania an eight year old boy saved his brother and sister from a fire on the truck farm of T Steer Bicksles. He rushed back into flames to rescue his mother and infant sibling but could not reach her and escaped to safety.
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Media
T. Steer Bicksles
Capture of Aguinaldo party and diaries found near La Gat
Major March’s detachment engaged Aguinaldo’s outpost near La Gat on May 19, killing two insurgents and taking two prisoners. A wounded officer was captured and later identified as either Aguinaldo or his adjutant. Saddlebags contained Aguinaldo’s diary and private papers including anti occupation proclamations. The pursuit continued toward Aparri with no trace found after six days. The Philippine Commission arrived Manila aboard the Hancock and met General MacArthur.
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MaNiLa
Thirty-third Infantry
Aguinaldo
la Gat
Vigan
Laboagan
Major March
Civilized Nations
Philippines
Beveridge
Tiao
Aparri
Robber Still At Large After Yosemite Stage Heist
RayMonD California reports the lone highwayman who robbed three Yosemite stages two wagons and two U.S. cavalrymen is still at large. 82 people were held up including 27 men and 5 women. Major Rucker and Captain Wood with 60 troops arrived as the robber prepared to open the express box and he fled into brush. The thief has a Swedish accent and is linked to a May 18 Big Oak Flats robbery. He left a card reading The Black Kid and took about 250 dollars from the stages.
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Big Oak Flats
Gomez Back In Cuba Beating Retreat of Annexation Plot
Gomez arrived in Santiago from Santo Domingo and met with black party leaders who celebrate his return and deny interviews while avoiding Cuban or Dominican politics. He left for Havana after a tense day, with papers backing the black party declaring the conspiracy against Cuba collapsed.
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Gomez
Cuba
SantiaGo
General Gomez
Santo Domingo
Havana
Boxers are more active and violence rises abroad
Cablegram from Minister Conger reports murders and persecutions by Boxers increasing outside Pekin. Rail lines halted, foreigners flee, Chinese government unable to suppress unrest, and troops show little energy. Desperate travelers, missing foreigners, and damning delays mark the widening crisis across China.
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Conger
Washington
Pekin
Prin
Pao Ting Fu
Hang Kow
Conner
Tien Tsin
Reach
Shanchal
Kutwo
Pao Tu Fing
COLORADO AFTER BOERS GIANT LAND PROPOSITION ENDORSED
Governor Thomas backs a plan to bring defeated Boers to Colorado’s Platte valley. A company offers 1 000 000 acres under the Carey land act near Julesburg and Wyoming divisions with no gift charge and a repayment plan after settlements prosper. EB Wantland, Union Pacific agent, heads east to meet Boer envoys and explain details.
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Denver
Jane
Thomas
Valley of the Platte
Colorado
Julesburg
Wyoming
EB. O. Wantland
Union Pacific
East
Governor Roosevelts talks on Van Wyck removal
Governor Roosevelt plans to confer with Attorney General Davis on citizens petitions seeking Mayor Van Wyck's removal over owning stock in the American Ice company. Affidavits and stockholder lists, including six supreme court justices, will be reviewed. Randolph Guggenheimer would become mayor if removal proceeds.
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van Wyck
New York
Roosevelt
Davis
American Ice Company
Supreme Court
Randolph Guggenheimer
Western lines split on pooling G A R Kates business
Western lines failed to agree on pooling Grand Army business between Chicago and St. Paul and between Chicago and Kansas City Leavenworth Atchison and St. Joseph. Wisconsin Central instructed Chairman McLeod that it would not continue withholding a 1 cent per mile rate across its territory.
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G. A. R. Kates
Onicaco
Western Lines
Grand Army
Chicago
St. Paul
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Atchison and St. Joseph
Wisconsin Central
McLeod
Western Passenger Association
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Nol Aur
Hancock
General MacArthur
Palace
Twenty-sixth Infantry
MacArthur
William Taft
Lone Bandit
Springfield
Hlwood
Here
Charles Payne
Maximo Gomez
Wood
Lonvoy
Shanghai
the Times
Tely
Ely Brothers
Warren St
N.Y
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New York City
Gentlewoman Publishing Company
Gentlewoman Building
N. Y
Stockmen’s . Directory
Branda
Philip Lovell
Dillon
Mont
Oregon
Sioux City
Omaha
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Pullman
T. E. Smith
H. C. Wisey
G. A
Batte, Monk
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Ogden
Salt Lake City
Rio Grande Western Railway
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado Midland
Salt Lake Tribune
W. O. McBride
E. Broadway
Butte
George W. Heintz
East Lake City
Weenink
Standard Oil Co
Denver ,Rio Grande R.R
Glenwood Springs
Leadville
Cripple Creek
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Grand Junction
Denver Atlantic Limited
K. Hoorth
G. I
Baf. Nuvens
Salt Lake
H. M. Ousurna
Trav. Pass. Agt
City
Utah
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Obaha
Ohicago
O. M
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Rpwin Norris
Attorney-At-Law
G. Willie
Montana
DiLlon National Bank
D. James L. Jones
Bannack and
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