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The Senate defeated Allen’s resolution granting peace commissioners floor privileges. post office appropriation passed with a small amendment. The House suspended rules to extend the eight hour law for government contractors and to restrict interstate trafficking in prisoner made goods. Reports detail British advance in South Africa, Chaffee’s Havana departure, and Philippine operations, with various arrests and burglaries noted.
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Senate
Allen
Washington
Snally
Spooner
Wis
Phillippine
Islands
Congress
Deter-Partia-Nentars
Judy Dlo
Blatt
Cishi
Late News Items Reflect Global Dispatches and U S Debates
The session weighed sundry civil appropriation bills and District of Columbia rail depot plans while Alaska governance moves neared completion. Reports from London cite railway orders and Mrs Julia Ward Howe's 81st birthday as crowds honor her. Senate and House actions included continuing the industrial commission and Alaska bill as bank runs shock San Francisco.
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Cuba
District of Columbia
Washington
Baltimore & Potomac
Baltimore & Ohio
Alaska
Wis
Julia Ward Haovee
Boston
Howe
Jace Roberts
War Office
London Daily
United States
Ao Forthuer Corean Omeil
Yildiry
Mid
Great Britain
Lodge
Mass
Wellington
State Department
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Industrial Commission
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Columbus Savings and Loan Society of
San Francisco
O Donnell on Trial for Murder in Dunkirk Case
Mary O Donnell faces a second degree murder trial in Jay county circuit court for the March 8 1899 killing of Frank Whetsell in Dunkirk. Admittance to the O Donnell house was refused and Whetsell allegedly forced entry. she fired through a door with a revolver. In Terre Haute Emily Price 18 a farmer's daughter was found dead near Youngstown and locals murmur foul play though not yet confirmed.
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Portland
Ind
Mary O’ Donnell
Jay County
Frank Whetsell
Dunkirk
O'Donnell
Whetsell
Terre Haute
Emily Price
Youngstown
General Harrison Rescues Child in City Carriage Incident
In Indianapolis on May 18 a carriage carrying former President Harrison and his wife was halted when a child darted into the street. Gen. Harrison grabbed the reins and helped stop the horses. The child was unharmed and later taken home by Harrison.
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Indi
Harrison
Gen. Harrison
Census Enumerators Appointed in New Albany District
Census Supervisor JD Poutch appoints two female enumerators for his district. Ruth Ellen Funk of Harrison county and Alta Ritter of Orangeville Orange county are named. Ritter teaches in Kokomo public schools and Funk previously served as enumerator ten years ago.
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New Albans
Manus
JD. Poutch
Ruth Ele Len Funk
Harrison County
Alta Ritter
Orangeville
Orange County
Hartford girl seeks pardon for brother in Marion case
Miss Vernie Brown age 14 from Hartford City travels to Marion to secure signatures for a pardon petition for her brother Willard Brown who is serving a sentence for the killing of pawn broker Max Nnapoff in Marion on June 24 1500. She aims to gather signatures from jurors attorneys judges prosecutors and others involved.
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Hartford City
Ind
Vernie Brown
Willard Brown
Jeffersonsville
Max Nnapoff
Marion
Kidnapping Case Shocks Brazil Indiana Family
James Shields abducted his six year old daughter from her grandmother Mrs. A. E. Archibald in Brazil Indiana and fled town. Shields had married one of Archibalds daughters years earlier and the childs mother died shortly after birth. Before dying the mother asked Archibald to raise the child.
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Brazil
Ind
James Shields
A. E. Archibald
Shields
Tragic Shooting Death of 8-Year-Old in Sedalia Area
Eight year old Mora Poe Maryus Mills Sellars died after a pistol discharged while he and his 13 year old brother Homer Sellars played with an old revolver they found in the yard near Sedalia. The weapon fired accidentally, killing Mora instantly.
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Mora
Poe
Maryus
Mills Sellars
Thomas Sellars
Sedalia
Homer
Evansville Release Ties Peddler to Nora Kiefer Case
Michael Cassidy, the peddler arrested in Boonville for alleged complicity in the Nora Kiefer murder, was brought to Evansville and released. Kieth admits paying $750 to remove the girl but says he never saw Cassidy.
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Evansville
Michael Cassidy
Boonville
Nora Kiefer
Kieth
Boy Runs Away After Family Objects to Escort
In Monon Indiana on May 2, a one year old boy named John Bran ren ran away from home after his father refused to let him accompany a young woman unless his sister joined. The father took the girl home, provoking the youth to flee.
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Monon
Ind
John Branren
Miller couple celebrate sixty seven years of marriage in Laporte
Rev Samuel Miller and wife of Laporte Ind celebrated their sixty seventh wedding anniversary. Mr Miller is seventy five and Mrs Miller is eighteen years younger. The venerable clergyman says he has preached the Baptist gospel in every state in the union. In Kokomo Ind professional thieves robbed the silk department of the Dr Goods company store stealing 1400 dollars of goods through a skylight entry.
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Laporte
Ind
Samuel Miller
Kokomo. Ind
Kokomo Drs Goods Company
Fire destroys Waterloo business block in suspected arson
Waterloo Indiana suffered a second major fire in five weeks burning a business block valued at about 10000 dollars. Authorities allege incendiarism as the cause and investigation continues.
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Waterloo
Ind
Mass
Dying Drugist Struck By Trolley Pole In Indiana
Charles Fink a druggist riding on the footboard of an electric car to a ball game leaned out too far and struck a trolley pole. He is believed to be dying from injuries suffered in the crash in South Bend Indiana on May 28.
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South Bend
Ind
Charles Fink
Forger David Tavilor Escapes Montgomery County Jail
Crawfordsville Indiana May 28 David Tavilor a forger jumped from a third story window to escape Montgomery county jail authorities report a daring cell block breakout with no injuries noted.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
David Tavilor
Montgomery County
Early Greyhound History and Boston Church Site
A note discusses Ireland as an early western European hub for greyhounds and reports that rulers favored the breed. It explains the breed’s name origin tied to the prefix gre meaning degree. It also notes Boston’s first church, a thatched structure, built in 1633 on State Street near the old gatehouse.
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Ireland
Europe
Boston
State Street
Brezer
Eclipse of the Sum Captivates Astronomers Across States
The May 29 eclipse drew wide scientific interest with preparations by government and astronomical bodies. The totality path crossed six populous Southern states and offered rare opportunities for observation, including the President viewing the event. Observers noted the narrow 55 mile belt of total obscuration from New Orleans to Norfolk.
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Atlanta
North America
Europe
Africa
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
United States
New Orleans
Norfolk
Pacific Ocean
Mexico
Atlantic
Portugal
Red Sea
Mobile
Montgomery
Raleigh
Eclipsed View at Wadesboro Without a Cloud
Observers from the Smithsonian Institute English Astronomical Society Yerkes Observatory Princeton University Charleston Military Institute and a Toronto Astronomical Society representative witnessed a cloudless solar eclipse in Wadesboro North Carolina on May 29. The totality lasted slightly shorter than predicted and moon tables were deemed a touch incorrect. The event was fully photographed and the program executed as planned.
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Wadesboro
N. C
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
English Astronomical Society of London
Yerkes Observatory
Princeton University
Charleston
Path of the Solar Eclipse Observations Across Nations
Elaborate preparations by the United States government and major institutions funded observations of the May 28 eclipse. Astronomers pursued corona studies, chromosphere features, and possible satellites of Mercury, using telescopes, photography, and naked-eye viewing from high-altitude sites. A Charleston train carried 400 observers to witness the event.
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United States
Charleston
Eclipse observations in Washington Georgia report
The eclipse observations in Washington Georgia were highly gratifying. Prof. Alfred Burton of MIT led the expedition with a perfect forecast weather and precise timing for contacts and totaling. Observers Gosmer Robbins and Harrison W. Smith led the measurements and sketches, noting no magnetic disturbance.
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Washington
Alfred FE. Burton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
G. L. Gosmer
A. G. Robbins
Harrison W., Smith
Total Solar Eclipse Observed Over Fort Monroe in 30-Second Span
Fort Monroe Virginia May 29 thousands gathered on piers and verandas as the sun was fully eclipsed at 853 a m a cloudless sky. A brief totality produced a tiny star beneath the corona and a final blaze marked the end. The president and party viewed from the Dolphin while Gage used the lighthouse tender Holly.
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Fort Monroe
Lambert's Point
Gage
Holly
Norfolk
Kearsarge
Bay
Washington
Complete success at Chabot Observatory eclipse station
Observations at the Chabot Observatory Eclipse Station Siloam Georgia May 29 were a complete success. Professor Charles Burkhalter in charge reported a clear sky and all eleven exposures completed. The expedition used unique apparatus delivering short and long exposures on one plate. Exposures ranged from two to twelve hundredths of a second at the moon’s limb and four to eight seconds at the outer limit.
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Chabot Observatory
Siloam
Charles Burkhalter
India
Chabot
Lone Highwayman Robs Sleeping Car On Missouri Pacific
A lone masked robber boarded the Kansas City to Stella run near Verdon and robbed Traveling Auditor S. G. Sprague and Missouri Pacific Attorney J. W. Orr of watches, pocketbooks, and passes. Kansas City agents pursue the amateur, who fired on A. J. Frederick as he resisted, narrowly missing him.
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Kansas City
Falls City
Neb
Missouri Pacific
Stella
Burlington & Missouri
Verdon
J. W. Orr
A. J. Frederick
Frederick
John DeLong
British Battleship Majestic Sinks Belle Isle in Nine Minutes
In a House of Commons reply, Admiral Goschen said the Belle Isle did not catch fire despite the blast, with only slight smoldering in one cabin. The experiment sought to test woodwork burn behavior compared with Spanish ships burned by Americans.
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London
House of Commons
Majestic
Belle Isle
Portsmouth
Admiralty
Geo. J. Goschen
Goschen
Sunday Night Tragedy Near Anoka Ends In Fatal Injuries
In Anoka Minnesota a farmer Wm Wise his wife and four children were shot at home during a Sunday night incident. Wise Sr aged 35 was hit from behind with buckshot and is paralyzed and likely to die. Wise Jr seven was shot through the right lung. Mrs Wise was shot in the back and is said to die. Daughters Eliza and Martha escaped hiding in a closet. Perpetrator unknown.
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Anoka
Minn
Wm. Wise
Here
Wm. Wise, Jr
Wm. Wise, Sr
Colorado Quarantine for Chinese and Japanese Entry
The state board of health imposed a quarantine restricting entry of Chinese and Japanese into Colorado. No Chinaman or Japanese may enter without a certificate from city health officers proving no bubonic plague exposure in the prior six weeks.
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Denver
Col
State Board of Health
Colorado
British forces face opposition near Koomassie
A London dispatch from Accra reports Col. Wilcock's relief force reaching the area has met opposition. One officer is described as wounded. Earlier Accra news claimed three European officers killed and one captain with 100 husars wounded in a prior engagement.
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London
Colonial Office
Accra
Gold Coast
Funston Vindicated After Zambales Execution Claim
In Manila on May 29 the charge that Brig. Gen. Funston summarily executed two natives in Zambales Province was dismissed. It was revealed he acted after catching the natives in the act of murdering bound Macabebe scouts.
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Manila
Funston
Zambales
Cloudy Morning Obscures Evansville View May 20
A partial morning report from Evansville Indiana notes dim visibility as the sun fails to break through a cloudy sky. The scene around town is subdued with overcast conditions affecting early activities.
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Evansville
Ind
World's Fair Bill Reported by House Committee
Chairman Tawney and the special committee filed a report on the St Louis Louisiana Purchase centennial exposition. The substitute bill sets a discretionary ceiling for federal aid and favors local funding with arbitration to settle disagreements.
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Washington
America
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Chicago Commission
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Steele
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Colonial marriage bill advances in Lords amid cheers
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal moved the second reading of a colonial bill allowing a man to marry his deceased wife's sister. Earl Halsbury opposed citing inheritance concerns across differing colonial laws. The measure passed 116 to 31 with peers including the prince of Wales and several dukes in the majority.
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House of Lords
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Mount Royal
Earl Halsbury
Great Britain
Marquis of Salisbury
Duke of Abercorn
Prince of Wales
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Duke of York
Duke of Devonshire
Marquis of
Landsdowne
Consul General Haywood to Wind Up Hawaii Affairs
San Francisco May 29 Consul General William Haywood returns to Honolulu to terminate his duties and turn the Hawaii office over to the new government on June 14 making Hawaii a commercial part of the United States. Denver May 29 Professor H A Howe at Chamberlain Observatory missed the sun and eclipse to begin but announced the discovery of the planet Eros, a body found two years ago at Berlin.
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Amusement Question Dominates Meth Conference Debates
Chicago May 29 The Methodist general conference overwhelmingly rejected criticism of President McKinley over Attorney General Griggs interpretation of the anti canteen law. The minority report urged the president’s influence for new anti canteen legislation while the amusement question was tabled after a close vote. Dr Frank B Bristol praised McKinley defending him as the world’s most distinguished Christian layman.
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McKinley
Griggs
Methlist G General Conference
Committee On Temperance
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Michigan
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Fitzgerald
Frank B. Bristol
Washington
United States
Injunction Granted For Mongolian Residents In San Francisco
The United States circuit court of appeals granted the injunction sought by Chinese residents, barring the health board from restricting Mongolian movement or travel in and out of San Francisco. The suit claimed civil liberties and treaty rights were violated, and alleged racial discrimination against Chinese and Japanese in enforcing the plague resolution. The court sustained all claims.
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San Francisco
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Morrow, Hawley and DeHaven
Bane
Board of Health
United States
Harkin
Death of Judge John P. Rea in Minneapolis
Judge John P. Rea died at his home in Minneapolis after a long illness described as brain hardening. Born in 1840 in Chester County Pennsylvania he moved to Minneapolis in 1876 and edited the Minneapolis Tribune briefly. He served in the Civil War as a private in the Eleventh Ohio infantry and was brevetted major in 1863.
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Minneapolis
Mena
John P. Rea
Rea
Chester County
Pennsylvania
Minneapolis Tribune
Eleventh
Ohio Infantry
Three St. Louis Transit strikers shot in Lafayette Park
In St Louis on Sunday night Philip Sullivan Patrick OConnell and James Sullivan all striking Transit Co employees were shot by two unknown men as they walked in Lafayette park. Bystander testimony says the strikers gave no provocation and the shooting was deliberate. The incident caused a major sensation and panic in the parks with crowds in the promenades.
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St. Louis
Philip Sullivan
Patrick O’connell
James Sullivan
St. Louis Transit Co
Lafayette Park
Rumor Circulates About Salisbury and Parliament
A rumor spread in the lobbies of Parliament suggesting the Marquis of Salisbury plans to retire from politics at the next session, with unconfirmed talk centering on the Carlton and related factions in London.
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Carlton Club
Marquis of Salisbury
Santa Fe Railroad Co
San Francisco
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Vinton
Waterloo
Iowa Falls
Fort Dodge
Grove
London
Carlton
Will
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