Massacre on St Matthias Island Cannibal Attack Kills German Explorers
Berlin reports detail the slaughter of the first German South Sea expedition on St Matthias Island. Ninety attackers overwhelmed the party as they prepared rifles. Dr Mencken and secretary Herr Carro died, others wounded, survivors fled to boats and later found camp eaten and bodies devoured.
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Berlin
Tagebatt
New Guinea
St. Matthias
Cologne Zeitung
Herbertshoh
New Britain
Canibals
Mencken
Mercke
Mencke
Herr Carro
Heinroth
Platt Amendment Clarified by Secretary of War Policy
Havana reports claim the secretary of war could not alter Congress's act and that Root quotes were misrepresented. Washington sent official instructions on the Platt amendment to the Dublin constitutional convention while a letter by Senator Platt is cited as confidential. Rockefeller funds three $500 pedagogy scholarships at Columbian University reserved for black teachers.
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Washington
Wasnixaron
Havana
Root
Platt
Connecticut
T Gen. Wood
Dublin
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Teachers’ College
School of Pedagogy
Columbian University
Tuskegee Novel College
Tuskegee
Ala
Looker T. Washington
Spelman Colored Seminary
Atlanta
Princial, l
Hamptton Institute
Virginia
Fressel
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Theobald Otten
Nathaniel 4 Green
Milwaukee and
Aacine
Fhursday
Otten
Otsen
Indians Seek Injunction to Halt Oklahoma Land Openings
A Washington suit in the District of Columbia Supreme Court seeks to block Secretary Hitchcock, Commissioner Ler criman, and Commissioner Jones from enforcing laws opening Oklahoma Territory lands to settlement. The case also asks that the opening act be void for lack of authorization by the protesting tribes represented by Lone Wolf and others of the Kiowa Comanche and Apache nations.
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Oklahomwa
Washington
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Lone Wolf
Hitchcock
Lercriman
General Land Office
Jones
Indian Office
Oklahoma Territory
Otjen
Judge Orders Verdict For Defendant In Libel Suit
Boston jurists dismiss the $150,000 libel case against Mary Baker Eddy founder of the Christian Science church. The judge ruled no clear identification in the published libel and directed the jury to verdict for the defendant. Mrs Woodbury’s counsel filed exceptions and plans to press the matter to the supreme court.
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Boston
Superior Court
Chas. A. Bett
Josephine Curtis Woodbury
Mary Baker F.ddy
Concord
N. H
Christian Science Church
Bell
Beaverton hotelier shoots family in amuck spree
Will Arnell, Beaverton proprietor, drank for days and shot his daughter, wife, mother, brother, sister, and a bystander before being wounded and captured. He killed his 6 year old daughter and wounded several others, including Mrs. Depp and Dopp, and was jailed after the incident.
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Michigan
Uas Amuack
Detroit
Coleman
Mich
Will Arnell
Beaverton
Arnell
Samuel Depp
Mia
Dopp
Fire on the Midway at Pan-American Exposition
A blaze at the Pan-American Exposition grounds Tuesday night began in the Orient midway show. Two performers were badly burned while battling the flames as smoke rose near a concession building. A theater cue caused a near panic but no injuries occurred as the fire department extinguished the fire.
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Burrao
Orient
Amoke
Expesition Fire Department
Spain Near Civil War Amid Crisis and Strikes
Maprio reports Spain faces an exceedingly grave crisis with nominal quiet in Corunna yet gendarmes occupying patrol offices. A general strike looms over a factory refusal to hire 300 workers, rail workers strike in Vigo, and Barcelona sees anarchistic unrest as reds defy the civil governor. Sevor Gamazoo calls the moment grave.
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Maprio
Spain
Corunna
Vigo
Barcelona
Sevor Gamazoo
Desperate Escape Attempt Ended in Death in Chicago
Three prisoners Routledge, Rica and Jones, extradited from Chicago for burglary, were being moved to jail when a friend threw revolvers into the cab. They shot Constable Boyd dead, leaped from the cab, and boarded a street car. The motorman struck Routledge, fatally injuring him, while the other two were captured after injuries.
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Toronto
Toponto
Can
Routledge
Rica
Jones
Chicago
Boyd
Bad Accident at Atlanta Switch Engine Dashes Into Train
A switch engine backing into a moving Southern Railway passenger train near Atlanta killed three passengers and wounded sixteen, three fatally. G B Dunton, a Southern employee, was arrested on suspicion but denies involvement as officials claim he was seen boarding the engine.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
Linits
Southern
Viesy
G. B. Dunton
Southern Road
Dunton
Erie Steamer Wins Gripping Lake Erie Race by Narrow Margin
The Cleveland passenger steamer Erie, owned by the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Co., defeated Detroit's Tashmoo, owned by White Star, in a 100 mile Cleveland to Erie race on June 4. Erie finished 43 seconds ahead at the stake boat, winning about 100000 for bettors and earning a standing ovation on return.
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Lake Erie
Cleveland
Ohio
Erie
Ity
Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company
Detroit
White Star Company
Great Lakes
Fairport
Ashtabula
Wyoming Indian Scare Triggers Armed Settlers Fear Bloodshed
A Fort Washakie telegram reports Arapaho defiance and arming amid feared outbreak. A sheepherder near Lost Cabin was shot, details unavailable. Settlers in Lander valley arm themselves and move to towns for protection as authorities may act against the murder suspects.
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Cugyvenne
Wyo
Fort Washakie
Arapahoe
Wim. Madden
Lost Cabin
Wlaus
Lander
Sheep Slaughter Reported Near Spencer Gunnison
Hugh Colburn, a sheepherder, arrived in Gunnison Colorado reporting that twenty masked men attacked a camp six miles from Spencer and killed 2600 of 5000 sheep driven from Utah. The mob, likely local cattlemen, took prisoners the herders. In another note, eight miners died at the seventh level of the Chapinging mine Tuesday, possibly from an explosion or fumes.
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Gunnison
Colo
Hugh Colburn
Spencer
Gunnison County
Utah
Snon Mountain
Mid
Market Quotations From Major Cities
A chaotic register of prices across markets in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee and New York. Reports include cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and clover seed with bid and ask ranges, lot sizes and quality grades.
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Indianapolis
Cittle
St. Louis
Cacle
Ste. Iucinusti
Detroit
Toledo
New York
Violent Deputy Targeted by Ex-Prisoner in Clinton Shootout
A man named Joe McNeil, released last summer from Abumosh prison after a five year term, waited for Oliver Will Dougherty the night officer and shot at him near Clinton Central Station. Dougherty fired back as the two exchanged shots. Dougherty was wounded in the side and McNeil was captured after a struggle. A mob gathered but was dispersed by the fire department. The incident follows McNeil's return to Clinton after prison and failed attempts to confront Dougherty, the night captain of the police.
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Nail
Oliver Will Dougherty
Joe McNeil
Clinton
McNeil
Fire Department
Abumosh
Vatley Junction
Correctionville
Abe Ashta
Burgell
Clinton County
John F.scott
Des Moines
Atchison, Kun
William Coppuck
Mason City
Haney
McGregor
Mis County
State Bank
Mt. Vernon
Waterloo
Davenport
James Riley
Hancock House
Tritt
Belle Maine
Grinnell
Christian Church
Logan
John Moetarry
Dubuque
Willian
Lavake
Oskaloosa
Epworth League
New Christian Church
Boone
Osene Hugie
Shenandoah
Dodge
Stucco
Stern Capital
Consolidated
Roy Litt
Muscatiov
Heal Otiees
Ottawa
Jacob Sormone
Thornton
William B. Martin
Benjamin
Dmvid Sullivan
Canning Company
Garrison
LeMars
Michael Maur
Winneshirk County
Barbara Best
Feuds and Fires Mark Iowa County News In May
A sprawling Iowa news roundup reports on church dedications and planned openings, weather and crime, floods and fires, court cases, and infrastructure in towns like Orient, Stockport, Correctionville, Woodbury, and Davenport. Notable items include hydrant concerns near Plae ger and a bridge of misfortunes across counties with deaths, disappearances, and legal actions.
Insurance Statistics Show Iowa Insurance Decline in 1900
Volume one of the thirty second annual insurance report prepared by Auditor Frank Merriam details Iowa non life insurance by authorized companies for year ending Dec 31 1900. It notes a fall in premiums and varied losses, with non Iowa firms showing higher loss ratios and overall premiums around 4.74 million dollars. The report also covers fire and non life segments, and contrasts 1899 figures.
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Frank Merriam
Life
Iowa
Joint Stack and
Mutual Companion
Iowa Fraternal Societies Seek Retaliation Law
Iowa fraternal insurance groups plan to press the Legislature for a reciprocity clause to bar Illinois and other nonadmitting states from Iowa. The move targets Illinois, which blocks Iowa fraternities from operating there, and may drive several Illinois firms out of the state.
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Iowa
Illinois
Seversl Twinois
Cattle Die of Hydrophobia in Jackson County
A Jackson County farmer, Plaeger, reports his cattle herd dying from a disease believed to be rabies. Affected animals froth at mouth and nostrils, run in circles, collapse, and die within minutes of onset. A veterinary surgeon diagnosed rabies and advised segregation and immediate euthanization of sick cattle.
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Thorndon
Orientaway
Bodeia
Stockport
Kartville
Plaeger
Correctionville
Monona
Jackson County
Oleo Law Challenged in Supreme Court Appeal
The Oleo Law faces constitutional challenge as the appeal of a Delaware County case reaches the Supreme Court. Grand jury indicted James G. Cousins, Warlville postmaster, for possessing imitation butter colored substance for family use. Winterset approves interurban railroad franchise from Des Moines. Missouri Valley farmer Berry bruised by a horse incident. Boone cereal mill project begins. Des Moines resident Mrs Shuler claims kinship to murdered Rice in New York.
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Supreme Court
Delaware County
James G. Cousins
Warlville
Winterset
Dez Moines
Berry
Missouri Valley
Boone
Shuler
Des Moines
Almoustre Rice
New York City
DC Parks For Boys Lacking In City Playgrounds
The article laments limited DC government land used as play space for boys. It notes vast parks mostly off limits to youth, with only a small area near the Washington Monument serving as a playground. It criticizes scarce shaded benches and safe, visible spaces for children, urging more child-friendly facilities and oversight.
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District of Columbia
Washington Monument
Washington
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