Constitution Extends Over Porto Rico Says Judge
Judge Josephs in the United States circuit court denied Rafael Ortiz’s request for release from Minnesota state prison. Ortiz, sentenced by a Porto Rico military tribunal for murder, had his sentence commuted to life. The judge held the U.S. Constitution extends to Porto Rico, giving Congress authority to govern the island as part of U.S. territory.
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Porto Rico
St. Pau
Joehss
United States
Rafael Ortiz
Minnesota
Orfiz
Great Britain
Lincoln
Congress
Spain
Arizona
Five New Bishops Expected At Methodist General Conference
Caicaco May 8 Sentiment grows among delegates to elect five additional bishops with three for the United States and two for Asia. Opposition to a colored bishop is anticipated. The temperance committee reviewed memorials on enforcing the anticanteen law and on disciplining members who rent saloon property.
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Caicaco
Methodist General Conference
Committee On
Asia
Committee On Temperance
General Conference
McKinley
Subcommittee
Dole Nominated Governor of Hawaii and Cooper as Secretary
The president sent to the Senate the nominations of Bauford B. Dole of Hawaii for governor and Henry E. Cooper of Hawaii for secretary of Hawaii.
Mrs W D Denson Praises Dr Pierce's Medicine
A Maxton North Carolina mother recalls her year and a half old son's long battle with indigestion. After five years of doctors and failed treatments two bottles of Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cured him. He is now well and eats freely with no further illness.
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Mra. W. Denson
Maxton, Robeson Co
N. C
Dr. Pierce
Fire Devours Mallory Line Pier in New York Harbor
A fire at the Mallory line steamship pier at Maiden Lane and the East River destroyed the 200 by 60 foot pier and shed filled with freight, mainly cotton. Loss put at $1,000,000 with several barges burned and multiple rescues. One life was lost, Captain Loch's nine month old daughter drowned aboard the barge Sherwood.
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New York
Mallory Line
Maiden Lane
East River
Charles Loch
Sherwood
Endicott Former War Secretary Dies in Boston
William Crowninshield Endicott former secretary of war under Cleveland died at his Boston home of pneumonia aged 78. Funeral private with burial in Salem. His daughter by Ellen Peabody is married to Joseph Chamberlain the English secretary of state for the colonies.
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Boston
William Crowninshield Endicott
President Cleveland
Salem
Endicott
Joseph Chamberlain
Colonies
Cable
Crown Prince Reach Climactic Day Of Coming of Age Festivities
May 7 in Berlin marked the final day of the crown prince coming of age events with emperors and a grand retinue attending an imperial mass by Cardinal Kipp at St Edwig's. The procession then moved to the Siegeshalle for the statue unveiling of Emperor Sigismond and symbolical services in the chapel declaring the prince's majority.
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Beruin
Cardinal Kipp
St. Edwig’s Church
Alles
Sigismond
Havana Island boards of registration election ends
Havana reports the island wide vote to fill district boards of registration finished after 380 days. National and Republican parties claim large majorities in Havana’s 40 wards. Some districts lacked literate candidates for inscription boards.
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Havana
Island
Boards of Registration
Bishop Hartzell Pleads for British in Transvaal
Bishop J Charles Hartzell addressed a near full Auditorium audience urging support for Britain in the Transvaal. He spoke from his direct observations of South Africa conditions and his familiarity with President Kruger and his advisers. The audience showed pro British sympathy.
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Bishop Hartzell
J. Charles Hartzell
Transvaal
South Africa
Kruger
Hartzell
Aueietine
Strike Extends If Demands Unmet At East Buffalo Shops
At a meeting of striking car repairers of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western in East Buffalo last night it was announced that the strike would be extended on the line if the company fails to reach terms immediately. The plan includes calling out workers in the large locomotive shops at East Buffalo and the switchmen.
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Bufral O
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
East Buffalo
Prisoner Trial Ties Fenians to Canal Plot
Toronto says the three men charged with attempting to blow up lock No 24 in the Welland canal will have evidence produced today. It is understood the prisoners are not Buffalo labor agents opposing a Canadian grain route but agents of a Fenian plot.
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Toronto
Welland Canal
Buffalo
No Minister to Turkey With Indemnity Issue Unresolved
The state department says no United States minister will go to Ankara until the indemnity payment dispute is settled to its satisfaction. Mr Straus’s leave of absence remains indefinite.
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Turkey
Wasu Hina Ton
State Department
United States
Straus
Death of General Silas Bailey in Uniontown
General Silas M. Bailey aged 64 died at his Uniontown home from brain trouble linked to a war bullet wound. Bailey was among the 306 of the famed old guard who backed General Grant at the 1880 convention.
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Silas Bailey
Uniontown
Silas M. Bailey
Old Guard
Grant
Insurgent General Captured Near San Isidro
Manila May 7 General Pantelon Garcia the highest insurgent officer besides Aguinaldo was captured yesterday by Lieutenant E V Smith of General Funston s staff in the town of Guile three miles northeast of San Isidro
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Manila
Pantelon Garcia
Aguinaldo
E. V. Smith
Forest Fires Rage Across New Jersey Woodlands
A fierce forest fire raged since last night in the woods between Cedarville and Center Grove, burning thousands of acres of oak and pine. In Cuanotte, a cotton warehouse near Charlotte bonded warehouse caught fire, with seven thousand bales of cotton stored there.
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BrweenTon
N. J
Cedarville
Center Grove
Cuanotte
N. O
Charlotte
Dewey Honored in St Louis with Ten Thousand Children
Ten thousand Sunday school children waved 10 000 American flags and sang The Red White and Blue and America in a patriotic welcome to Admiral George Dewey at a public reception. He joined in song, bowed to the crowd, and received silk flag gifts before a grand Planters hotel banquet.
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St. Louis
Admiral George Dewey
Bofanno
America
McClain
Bufanno
Boer Envoys En Route to New York Amid Welcoming Sail
Boer delegates boarded the Maasdam in Rorterp Dam bound for New York at 4 p.m. Flags fly and bands play as crowds gather on the quay. Dr. Leyds and the delegates hear Mr. Fischer praise liberty and peace as they sail, hoping supporters await them in America.
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Maasdam
New York
Transvaal
Orange Iree
Leyds
Fischer
Holland
America
Storm Devastation Hits Wilsonville Nebraska Homes
A Saturday tornado leaves Wilsonville in ruin with H A Bourne and others injured. Homes barns and the Presbyterian church destroyed. Losses run into thousands as families seek shelter and care amid widespread damage.
Negro lynched by masked mob in Missouri courthouse yard
Henry Darley a Black man was hanged by masked assailants in Liberty Missouri near midnight. He had been arrested in Excelsior Springs on a charge of viciously assaulting Vera Armstrong a Snapps hotel waitress. Darley worked as a porter at the same hotel and was killed as mobs arrived by horse from Excelsior Springs.
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Liperty
Henry Darley
Court House Yard
Excelsior Springs
Vera Armstrong
Snapp
Darley
Utah Mine Disaster Report Details Scofield Toll
Salt Lake May 8 W G Sharp superintendent of Pleasant Valley Coal reports the Scofield mine disaster claim total killed 199 with 195 bodies recovered 7 injured 103 escaped alive 105 widows and 270 orphans. Standard Oil Suffers $500,000 Loss Fire at Constable Hook docks sheds burns property. strikers suspected.
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Utah
Salt Lake
W. G. Sharp
Pleasant Valley Coal Company
Scofield
Standard Oil
New York
Standard Oil Company
Hook Works
Oxford Copper Works
Taylor Visits Finley Amid Kentucky Governorship Dispute
Indianapolis May 8 William S Taylor Republican claimant to Kentucky governor ship spent time with Charles Finley former Kentucky secretary of state in the city He said he would go to Washington to await the supreme court ruling on the contest.
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Taylor
Finley
Indianapolis
William
Kentucky
Charles Finley
Washington
Supreme Court
Dewey Receiving Unconditional Surrender in Memphis
Memphis Tenn May 8 Memphis surrendered unconditionally to Admiral Dewey after a day of celebrations led by a grand flower parade through the principal streets drawing cheers from thousands.
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Dewey
Southland
Mempis
Tenn
Memphis
Tornado strikes San Antonio causing extensive damage
A tornado swept through San Antonio on May 7 causing over 100000 in losses with no deaths reported. Fort Sam Houston suffered ruined barracks and unroofed officers quarters while hundreds of trees were toppled and bridges damaged in Bexar county. Local merchants reported losses from 1000 to 8000 and about 50 houses damaged. The San Antonio Loan and Trust building lost 40000. The storm also damaged farms, crops, wheat, fruit trees, and struck several churches.
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Wilsonville
Neb
Tower
Little Goldie
Mr. Tower
Addison
E. P. Lavine
Gerrish
John McCcomb
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Bexar County
San Antonio Loan and Trust Company
Fourteen Tornado Clouds Seen Across Central Kansas
Kansas City dispatch reports at least fourteen funnel shaped clouds observed yesterday in Saline Ellsworth Rice Barton and Pawnee counties. Fatalities include Mr and Mrs William Heilik whose home near Ellinwood was destroyed. Over twenty people were slightly injured near Ellinwood.
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Kansas
Saline
Ellsworth
Rice
Barton
Pawnee
William Heliick
Ellinwood
Tornado Strikes Near Maryville in Missouri County Area
A tornado swept through northern Andrew and southern Nodaway counties near Maryville on May 8, blowing down several houses barns and outbuildings. No injuries were reported though many acres of corn were damaged by heavy rain following the storm.
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Maryville
Maryvittz
Andrew
Nodaway
Congressional Ledger of May 1 to May 7
Senate and House actions through a week of 1900s sessions include passage of the army appropriation and fortifications bills, debates on the Nicaragua canal and the Alaska civil code, and motions on pension law provisions. Teller urges Boers support while Sulzer seeks sympathy resolution and navy bills loom.
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Carter
House
Burton
Hitt
Cannon
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Wilderness
Spottsylvania
Virginia
Mason
Philippines
Nicaragua
Hoar
Committee On Elections
Clark
Teller
Great Britain
Sulzer
Hig
Grain markets lower as July contracts slide on weak cash signals
Board of trade dull with mixed losses across grains. Wheat and corn declined with July wheat at 67 1/4 cents and July corn down 4 cents. oats also fell. Provisions weakened led by lard and pork, while cash quotes showed No 2 red wheat at 72 cents and No 2 oats around 22 1/4 cents.
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Chcaco
Board of Trade
Cattle and Hogs Market Report From Chicago May 7
Cattle receipts reach 14000 with steers higher by 10 to 16 cents and mixed cattle active. Hogs receipts 27000 with prices 5.10 to 5.80 for various grades and heavier lots around 5.25 to 5.45. Sheep receipts light with lambs and yearlings showing gains and mix of western and native offerings. Texas fed steers listed at 400 to 5.25 and Texas bulls at 8.25 to 3.75.
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Chiicagco
Texas Fed
Texas Bulls
Wethern
Cattle and Hog Receipts Mixed Across Kansas Markets
Kansas Orry May 7 cattle receipts total 2650 with fed steers selling higher as feeders hold steady. cattle dull and prices mixed across grades. Hoge receipts 8000 very slow with declines 5c. pigs and light stockers show softer prices. Sheen receipts 6500 with active demand for quality Colorado lambs and clipped lambs, muttons and culls varied by grade.
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Kansas
Colorado Lambs
Cattle Receipts Mix with Higher Prices at Omaha Market
Cattle receipts at Omaha May 7 reach about 1 700 cattle with prices up to six to ten cents higher. Native steer and heifer values range from four to six and a half dollars, cows and heifers around nine to ten dollars, calves from eight to seven dollars, and bulls stags from two fifty to four dollars. Hoge receipts total around 4 700 with heavies around five dollars and mixed lots softer.
Union Picket Attack Leads to Fatality in Chicago
On Ashland avenue five union pickets attacked nonunion car hearers under guard of Special Officer James Mulaney and two police. Dennis Hannison, a union picket, was shot in the groin as he confronted the attackers. Mulaney and Dennis Connors, another union picket, were arrested.
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Chicago
Ashland Avenue
Dennis Hannison
James Mulaney
Mulaney
Dennis Connors
Rich Quicksilver Deposits Found in Tehena Texas
Advices from Brewster county Texas report rich quicksilver discoveries in recent days and another large prospecting rush to the district. A town of 2000 plus inhabitants has sprung up south of Raton near the original finds, now called Tehena with substantial new buildings.
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Texas
Austin
Brewster County
Raton
Tehena
Party leaders frame up Bryan Towne ticket after conference
The Chronicle reports a conference at the Sherman house where Democratic Populist and Lincoln Republican leaders shaped a probable national ticket Bryan and Towne. May 7 is noted in the description of the meeting.
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Bryan
Towne
Curiaco
the Chronicle
Sherman House
Hanged for Killing a Conductor in St Louis Jail Yard
James Nettles, a Black man, was hanged in the Four Courts jail yard after two respite denials. He killed Samuel W. Mann, a conductor on the Suburban street car line, on July 4, 1898. The note about choosing a baby’s name appears as a stray line.
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St. Louis
James Nettles
Nettles
Samuel W. Mann
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