Saga of Sanduade Porto Rico and Nebriga trials unfold
Reports detail Hawaiian emigrant agents in Sanduade and Puerto Rico with insurgent government actions and cannon. In Omaha Nebraska juries convict Stovall and others. New York and Cleveland stories follow with political and labor tensions. A vast Indiana cave reveals vast mineral chambers and quicksilver potential.
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Sanduade Porto Rico
Noth
Cal. A
Py 1
James Callahen
Debraue
Saeed
New York
Forgan
Horwever
Hs Hares
Coh
Evi Va
Uae
Sen
Pte
Angeles
Cal
Pasadend
Callie Ferogia
Bea
Tignes
la Declettesar
American Fork
Ro N. Pollock
Cuyahoga Savi Banoe
Civaland
Seattle
Wash
Cari
Hoapaetiare Court of Chifociston
Holden’s Court
Nicket Ice
Wirsten Bros. Cos Works
Frean
Late News Items From A Burst Of Global Events
A garbled late news roundup reports Budden witness in a leg incident and a surprise arrival in San Francisco. It mentions a physician ordering a weeklong test for an avivaled condition and a Belgian publication signing a Craunt Ferdinand Wats claim. Other items cover a ship quarantine, deaths of notable figures, gambling indictments, and a Roosevelt address at the Minnesota state fair.
Disfranchisement and vote selling cases in Vincennes
In Vincennes Indiana five men from Wheathind were arrested for vote selling. Riley admitted trying to sell his vote while the Hooten brothers pleaded guilty to selling theirs. Each fined 15 dollars and disfranchised for ten years. Van Hoy and Granger posted 200 dollars bond and were released after a night in jail. The arrests followed a candidate’s claim for a reward of 200 dollars per conviction.
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Vincennes
Ind
John van Hey
John Hooten
William Hooten
George Riley
Samuel Granger
Wheathind
Riley
Hooten Brothers
van Hoy
Granger
Harbin
Trustes
Steen Township
Brazil and Indiana News Mix In Faint OCR Fragments
Readable bits describe a Brazil versus Denwood game with unsure results, plus agricultural reports on winter rye crop prospects and plowing delays across states. Indiana track results show Purdue beating Indiana, with no clear final scores. Local items include a jail escape, a furniture factory fire loss, and transportation company plans in Michigan City to promote Sunday marriages.
Fire at Wilmington Warehouse Hits Major Firms
A fire at 1 a.m. at the North State Improvement Co. warehouse on the Ton don wharf in Wilmington causes about 150000 pounds in damage. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co North State Improvement Co SP McNair Grocery Co and C C Covington & Co report losses of 15000 to 25000 each. In Jacksonville relief crews report strong work but say colored workers are scarce and militia remains in city under relief committee guidance. Liquor bars are closed by governor’s order.
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Wilmington
N. C
North State Improvement Co
Tondon Wharf
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co
SP. McNair Grocery Co
C. C. Covington & Co
Jacksonville
Fla
The
Relief Association
At the Congress of Sages A Wife’s Wise Counsel
The Cynic and The Benedict speaker on women and reasoning. The Benedict-A wife’s counsel enters her husband’s mind and returns as jewels and raiment. The Psychologist notes a woman’s heart as a driven well needing patience to sound depths.
Baron Von Bergen Arrives in San Francisco En Route to Rome
Baron Von Bergen formerly secretary of the German legation at Pekin arrives in San Francisco traveling to Europe. He has been assigned as secretary of the German legation at Rome.
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San Francisco
Gov Odell vetoes employers liabiliy bill in New York
Governor Odell vetoes the employers liability bill in Albany saying the measure harms labor and leans too heavily toward corporations. The action blocks pending wage and workplace safety reforms sought by labor groups and reformers.
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Albany
N. Y
Odell
Forger Disappears Found Editing Moral Newspaper
Thomas A. Reese, once proprietor of a Atwood business, is jailed in Tuscela on a forgery indictment for issuing a 300 dollar note in another name. He fled after discovery and was later found editing a morally oriented Weableau newspaper with Theo dore Pruitt away.
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Omhers
Moon
Douglas County
Reese
Weableau
Hermitage County
Missouri
Theodore Pruitt
Engineer Survives Buckshot Hit and Pellets Found
Mattoon May 13. William Merkle an engineer on the Illinois Central Peoria division woke to find a large buckshot under his tongue. A physician removed it and a later pellet still unrevealed recalls a 9 year old attack near Grayville when buckshot perforated his face but he recovered.
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Mattoon, Jil
William Merkle
Peoria
Ilinois Central
Merkle
Grayville
Wealthy Indiana farmer loses barn in smoke fire
William Bard ing of Pana Indiana visited his barn Saturday night and sparked a blaze when his pipe ignited loose hay. Six horses were burned plus grain and farm machinery. Farm hand George Martin suffered dangerous burns while trying to rescue the animals. No insurance covered the loss.
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Pana
William Barding
George Martin
Bank teller arrested after $236,000 shortage at Hibernia National
Comptroller of the Currency Dawes received a telegram from New Orleans stating the Hibernia National Bank teller is short 236000 in his accounts. The U S attorney was informed and the teller was immediately arrested. The bank’s condition is reported good and the teller’s bond stands.
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Hibernia National Bank of
New Orleans
Washington
Dawes
Hibernia National Bank
United States
Death of Tucker Woodson Taylor in Greencastle
Tucker Woodson Taylor aged 46 was found dead in his room in Greencastle Indiana. Authorities believe it is a death by own action. He had long served as confidential secretary to historian John Clark Ridpath. Berlin notes the Hamburg Marine board reports the schooner Arina Capt Mack lost with entire crew after leaving Hamburg May 2 1900 for Mosupt.
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London
Cal
Fibertational Power Co
New York
Paterson
Woauld
Seare
Nustila
Combs
Bin
Hamduergs Schiooner
Arina
Mack
Mirtipe
Henderson Island
Blanche Bay
Germia
New Britain
Tucker Woodson Vasler
Ford
Greencestie
Pastor
John Chirk Ludpath
Tie
M. Henri Francois Charles de Vernines
Prepeh Senate
Paris
Mayis, Tal
Missouri
Kansas
Celuanbia City
Emil Mayers
Doc Stock Baker
Greencastle
Ind
Tucker Woodson Taylor
Taylor
John Clark Ridpath
Berlin
Hamburg Marine Board
Hamburg
Mosupt
City of Paducah Sinks After Brunkhurst Landing S accident
Paducah Mississippi river packet City of Paducah sank near Brunkhurst Landing about four miles north of Grand Tower at midnight Sunday. Between 23 and 50 drowned, seven escaped including a St Louis passenger and Miss Mabel Gardiner. Survivors reached Grand Tower and were aided at Tremontin Hotel.
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Carbondale
Paducah
Brunkhorst’s Landing
Grand Tower
St. Louis
Fannie Flock
Block
Baronowski
Tremontin Hotel
Key
Bleck
Evansville
Frank White
Kansas City
Prunkhurst
Landing 76
Cairo
Lake Ditech Landing
Brunkhorst
Brunthorst
Sinking of City of Paducah toll rises with missing
Telegram to Massengale of the Tennessee River Packet Co from Captain Kirkpatrick reports the steamer City of Paducah sunk off Brankhorst landing. By 1 p.m. 24 are confirmed dead with two missing, possibly 26 lost. Remains of Miss Gardiner and Mr. Bells recovered. Gardiner to St Louis, Bell to be buried locally. Boat and freight total loss.
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St. Louis
City of
Paducah Steamer Captain Kirkpatrick Leads 1891 Vessel
The Paducah steamer under Capt. D. W. Kirkpatrick of Carrollton Ky. began service on its launch voyage. The crew includes John Street pilot M Trueslow acting clerk James Scott second clerk Henry Lee steward Tobe Royal first mate and a new engineer on his first trip. The stern wheeler, 190 feet long, 34 foot beam, six foot hold, 300 tons, built in 1891, cost $30000 and operated for the St Louis and Tennessee River Packet Co. Detention Camp for Boer Prisoner Bermuda reports British rent Tuckes and Morgans islands for camps with Darcells island also used.
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John Street
M. Trueslow
James Scott
Henry Lee
Tobe Royal
St. Louis and Tennessee River Packet Co
Durban Interview Plan Prompts Peace Advocacy by Kruger
Mrs. Louis Botha sails for Europe after obtaining consent to interview Kr Kruger and urge him to advocate peace. The move aims to influence ongoing efforts toward reconciliation and end hostilities.
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Durban
Louis Botha
Kr. Kruger
Europe
President Visits San Jose to View Rose Carnival Display
Thousands in San Jose and between Delmonte await President McKinley as the rose carnival unfolds in his honor. The cabinet tours Pajaro and Santa Cruz with stops at Santa Clara venues, but the president leaves after a brief address, eliciting sympathy for Mrs. McKinley and noting the grand floral spectacle seen in the Santa Clara valley.
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San Jose
Cal
Delmonte
Orass
Pajero
Santa Cruz
Big Tree
San Lorenzo Valley
San Francisco
Cty
Ap St. James Sanare
Potomac
Pacific
Santa Clara County
California
Anch Iieston
Los Angeles
Union of States
Ap House
Taus
MeKinley
Northwestern Collides Dredge Near Sparrowhawk Point
The steamship Northwestern on a Chicago to Liverpool voyage struck Gilbert's dredge off Sparrowhawk's point between Galoup and Rapid du Vlet rapids. The ship rode the current to shore on the Canadian side while the dredge drifted onto a shoal.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Northwestern
Chicago
Liverpool
Gilbert
Galoup
Rapid du Vlet
Sparrowhawk's Point
Pugilist Jack Roberts Charged With Manslaughter
London authorities charge boxer Jack Roberts with manslaughter after his April 22 bout at the National Sporting Club left Billy Smith fatally injured. The grand jury returned a true bill, seeking to determine if such matches are genuine contests or mere prize fights.
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London
Jack” Roberts
Billy” Smith
National Sporting Club
Douglass
Bettison
Recorder
Defaulting Cashier Sentenced to Two Prison Terms
Charles R. B. Westervelt, former cashier of the Dime Savings Bank of Newark, pleaded guilty to embezzling 3500 and was sentenced to two years. He had previously pleaded guilty to two forgery and outtering indictments, receiving seven years. The terms are nonconcurrent and a fourth embezzlement indictment for 40000 remains not acted upon.
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New York
Charles RB. Westervelt
Dime Savings Bank of
Newark
N. J
Skinner
Burglars Enter Peoria Shoe House Safe
Burglars entered the Thielbar shoe house in Peoria Illinois Sunday night by sky light and broke into the safe securing about 1000 dollars in cash. The method matched a recent revenue stamps heist at the government building and gas from a broken jet filled the room raising danger of explosion if a match had been struck.
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Peoria
Thielbar Shoe House
Derailment Near Hazelhurst Kills Two on Train Crash
The southbound Whenis Central passenger from Chicago derailed on a curve near Hazelhurst, 50 miles south of Jackson. Fireman Tom Lee was killed and clerk C. F. Rose died. Engineer Gus Nelson suffered a broken leg. Assistant mail clerk M. F. Stappen was badly bruised. Doctors were sent from Jackson. The track was under repair.
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New Orleans
Whenis Central
Chicago
Hazelhurst
Jackat
C. FE
Rose
Fulton
Tom Lee
Gus Nelson
M. FP. Stappen
Jackson
Colored man dies in vigilante shooting on Jefferson Street
A man identified as Herman was fatally shot at midnight Sunday by a vigilance committee on North Jefferson Street. He lived with Mrs. George Hamlet whose husband had died under Herman's care weeks earlier. The mob found him armed with a shotgun and revolver. a scuffle occurred, weapons were seized, and he was shot twice in the abdomen.
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North
Jefferson Street
Herman
George Hamlet
Dr. Herman
Postmasters Arrested in Juana Diaz Embezzlement Case
Carlos and Ramon Julia, Juana Diaz post master and assistant postmaster, were arrested on embezzlement charges. An April inspection showed Juana Diaz post office owed $952 with no cash on hand. Bondsmen will reimburse the government. it is believed they issued money orders on credit and charged customers a commission.
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Ponce
Porto Nico
Carlos
Ramon Julia
Juana Diaz
Smith
Julias
Cubans Top Americans 11 to 10 in Cuba Game
In Santiago de Cuba on Sunday the Cubans defeated the Americans 11 to 10. After the game a crowd surged onto the field and a Cuban tried to drag the American flag down to half mast. Rural guards charged the crowd with machetes, arresting the offender who claimed it was a thoughtless joke. no serious injuries were reported.
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Santiago de Cuba
Sheriff reinforces jail over Merritt Chism murder case
Bloomington Illinois May 14 Sheriff Johnson has extra guards at the Mc Lean county jail to guard Merritt Chism who is charged with fatally shot his wife in White Oak township on Sunday. Family members doubt his sanity and insiders expect an insanity defense at trial.
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E. V. Methever
Dorothy McKee
Longbeach
Cal
San Quentin
Methever
Robert Mosby
Black River
Powhattan
Ark
Willie McCormick
High Bridge
N. Y
Cailles
Laguna Province
Luzon
Wolf Betz
Mount Vernon
Ind
Ohio River
Knox County
Bloomington
Hil
Johnson
McLean County
Merritt Chism
White Oak Township
Chism
Fire Devastates Barding Stock Barn Near Pana
Fire destroyed a valuable stock barn owned by William Barding six miles southeast of Pana Illinois. Barding was seriously burned on the face and feet while efforts to fight the blaze. Loss estimated at 40 000 dollars with no insurance.
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Pana
William Barding
Barding
Fourteen Steamers Burned
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports that fourteen steamers were burned in a disaster. The incident details and exact locations were not fully disclosed in the brief transmission from London.
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London
St. Petersburg
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Congress OF Sages
En Rote
Til
Here
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Harvey
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Dane
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Brankhurst Landing
Bell
Mabel Gardiner
Tennessee Riser Packet Co
D. W. Kirkpatrick
Carrollton
Capt. Kirkpatrick
Hamilton
Bermuda
Tuckes and
Morgan's Islands
Darcells
Mrs. Botha
Peoria, Ill
Thielbar
Harvelhurst
Miss
Topeka
Kas
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