Last rites wrap up Pope Leo XIII funeral in Rome
Rome marked the end of Pope Leo XIII’s life with a quiet funeral sequence. The coffin guarded by guards, the basilica chorus, and a solemn consistory followed the final mass and the reading of the late pope’s will. Diplomats observed the solemn rites as the pontiff’s body rested in the Vatican.
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Imiddey
Castle of St Angelo
Rome
Leo XIII
St,Peter’s
Cardinal Gossens
Mechini
St. Peter's
Bélig
Vatican Territory
Catafalque
Mgr. Panicy
Vatican Basilica
Sacred College
Hallvof
Vatican
M. Martins d’Antas
Leo
Peter
Congregation of Cardinals
Cardinal Dellavolpe
Leo XII
Oreglia
Four Killed In Head-On Collision On Chicago Great Western
A St Paul report says two trains, the Twin City limited and a fast freight, collided head on early Sunday on the Chicago Great Western railroad. Four men were killed and about twenty five to thirty passengers injured. The wreck was blamed on the freight train misreading orders.
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Chicago Great Western
St. Paul
Minn
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Twin City Limited
Jett and White Trial Opens in Cynthiana Court
Curtis Jett and Thomas White, charged with the Marcum murder, were brought into court at Cynthiana Kentucky guarded by six deputy sheriffs. The court began jury selection as a large crowd filled the city and militia guards the jail. Captain B J Ewen, the principal prosecution witness, arrived from Lexington.
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Marcum
Cynthiana
Curtis Jett
Thomas White
B. J. Ewen
Lexington
Speed test of Kearsage battleship across ocean
Premier battleship Kearsarge made a nine day voyage across 2,400 miles to Bar Harbor arriving at 5 42 PM Sunday. Crowds lined the shore as the ship tested its famed speed and endurance with an average pace of about 23.36 miles an hour over the distance.
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Ocean
United States
Bar Harbor
National and local crime and political notes flash across regions
A Richmond era montage reports court actions in Georgia and Mississippi, across Alabama peonage fines, falls in cotton goods, and political upheavals in Missouri and Illinois. It notes a Belfast procession accident, a Georgia moonshine case, and a death row of sheriffs in Dodge. It covers Panama tensions and a Harvard prediction of lynching on Boston commons. It closes with Maryland and Kentucky penal actions and a Montgomery federal judge rebuking Georgia officials.
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Panama
Colombia
Belfast
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Monroe County
Macon
Camak
Dodge Superior Court
Robert Cawthorne
R. J. Tucker
Will Maddox
Dodge County
Eastman
Coveville
Majore W. A. Handley
Alabama
Memphis
Tenn
Texas
James
Harvard College
Boston Commons
Davis
Department of the Philippines
Wade
Danville
Ills
Seventh Illinois Infantry
Prince George
Peter of
Servia
Peter
Mayfield Lynching and Danville Rioters Rampage
A race riot near Danville after a black man confessed to assaulting a farmer’s wife in Alvin. Mayfield was lynched and burned by a mob while police barricaded the jail. Troops restored order as roughly 200 residents from Alvin and Danville participated.
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Andone
John D. Metcalf
Henry Gatterman
Metcalf
James Wilson
Alvin
Danville
Mayfield
Wilson
East Main Street
Gatterman
R. D. Whitlock
Ills
Kent kills wife and wounds man then ends his life
At Bucyrus Ohio Thursday night Charles Kent shot and killed Mrs Lou Renzell and wounded John Sawyer at the Renzell saloon. He then killed himself. Kent, once eloped with Mrs Renzell to California, had recently returned to town.
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Kent
Bucyrus
Ohio
Charles Kent
Lou Renzell
John Sawyer
Renzell
Two More Firms Fail in New York Stocks
A New York special reports two additional stock exchange failures E. H. Hooley & Co. and William Bassett of Boston amid a generally improved market. Hooley’s default follows that of W. L. Stowe & Co. last Friday while Bassett’s failure is described as unimportant. The market opened hesitantly with railroad stocks slipping slightly before marginal gains.
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New York
Stock Exchange
E. 8. Hooley & Co
William Bassett
Boston
Hooley
W. L. Stowe & Co
Bassett
Convicts escape Folsom in violent prison uprising
A Sacramento dispatch reports thirteen convicts escaped Folsom Prison after overpowering warden and guards who were used as shields. Warden Wilkinson, Captain Murphy, and others were assaulted. several officers were killed or seriously wounded. The fugitives seized weapons, forced a driver, and headed toward the mountains, threatening further violence as militia and troops pursue them.
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Cal
Folsom Prison
William L. Cotter
A. J. Cochrane
W. Palmers
Wilkinson
Murdy
Erseer McDonough
Pardee
Captainurphy
Warden Wilkinson
Wisling
Randson
Harry Wilkinson
Urnkey Cochrane
Fetter
Hile Palmers
Oen
Ater
Mormon Ridge
Penitentary
Aptain Murphy
Million Spindles Idle as Mills in Fall River Close
About one million spindles idle for a week from Monday in Fall River Massachusetts as mills halt due to high cotton prices. Fifteen corporations join the suspension with roughly 12 000 workers out of work and 80 000 pieces of print cloth removed from output.
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Oliveros
Savanangh
Orife Taliner
Gainesville
Nero
Vicksburg
Miss
Miss Strong
Hattiesburg
Rich
Hardy
Todd
Jones
Montgomery
Falls River
Mass
St. Louis
A. Miller
Government Printing Office
Fall River
Monay
Kansas Teachers Forbidden by Boards on Romance Policy
A Topeka dispatch reports Kansas public school boards reject President Roosevelt's stance on race suicide by issuing a directive that bars teachers from courting or marrying within the profession. The ukase reflects local judgment on morality and public life.
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Maneas
Topeka
Kansas
Roosevelt
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