Cuban insurgents land force joins Cuban fighters
The vessel sent from Key West to aid Cuban insurgents landed near Saqua Lachico in Las Villas province. General Roloff assumed command as 2,500 insurgents joined. The expedition carried an expert telegraph operator a civil engineer and a powder maker. Correspondent Woodward reported dead is alive and given command of a company. Boynton the man killed was linked to dynamite machine sales.
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Key West
Las Villes
Saqua Lachico
Cuba
Roloff
Woodward
Boynton
Goodbye Tron Hall Receivership Ends
Judge McMaster of the superior court orders immediate closure of the Tron Hall receivership and settlement before summer vacation. Yesterday was the final claims day and distribution will begin. Receivership lawyers hold large claims and court allowances drew criticism of prior rulings.
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Xpranaponis
McMaster
Superior Court
Tron Hall
McMasters
Negroes Honor Cleveland With Degree To College Leader
Sprinoheip C June 11 The board of trustees of Wilberforce college colored tendered President Cleveland the degree of LL. D. in return for his interest in the school. The president declined the honor saying he is not a college graduate and has already declined the LLD from another college.
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Sprinoheip
Wilberforce College
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Harrison
Liquor League
League
Massacre Report Fails To Be Confirmed In Western China Missionaries
No definite news has reached authorities on the alleged massacre of foreign missionaries at Cheng Fu Western China. Efforts continue to verify the report while anxious American and European circles await word on the missionaries in the affected districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheng Fu
China
Labor and fraternal orders begin annual sessions
In Green Bay Wisconsin the Wisconsin State Federation of Labour opens its annual sessions. in Tirrin Ohio the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids starts its meeting. in Texansua Michigan the State encampment of the Sons of Veterans opens. in Curiaco the supreme Lodge of the A U W begins meetings with talks on issuing a $1000 policy to members.
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Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin State Federation of Labour
Tirrin
Ohio
Grand Lodge of Ohio
Ancient Order of Druids
Texansua
Mich
Michigan Sons of Veterans
Curiaco
Supreme Lodge of the
Arkansas for Silver forms state convention plan
Lirrne Rock Arkansas June 10 The Little Rock Silver club adopts a resolution to organize a silver convention with delegates from state clubs and a date to be set later Thirty delegates are chosen for the Memphis silver convention Train Dispatchers Meet MINNEAPOLIS June 11 The Train Dispatchers association of America opens at the West hotel with about 200 delegates from the United States Canada and Mexico and a reception to follow at the Commercial club Nickel Plate road lists country homes along Lake Erie shore offering summer boarders copies mailed on request by encro ssing stamp to 3 F Horner General Passenger Agent
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Lirrne Rock
Ark
Little Rock
Silver Club
Memphis
Minneapolis
Minn
Nickel Plate Road
Lake Erie
Nicke Plate Road
F. Horner
Lincoln Emerges As Likeliest Dark Horse For GOP Nomination
Ex postmaster general Thomas L. James sees Robert Lincoln as the strongest dark horse for the Republican presidential nomination. He notes Lincoln’s strength in the south and Illinois Republicans uniting behind him. Also reports the National Association of Local Freight Agents opening in New York with Milwauker Brewers Association convention in Milwaukee with about 350 delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas L. James
Robert Lincoln
Lincoln
South
Illinois
National ‘Association of
Milwauxer
Wis
Brewers’ Assciation of North America
Academy of Music
Forest fires rage anew endangering timber and towns
Forest fires that began last Saturday continue to burn across Beraford and surrounding areas. Large crews battle the flames as woods between Russell City and Chaffee blaze consuming heavy timber. In Kane fires surround the area and Sugar Run fire destroys 1,100,000 feet of logs and 1,000 cords of bark owned by Stout and Holden. Ostranger loses 8,000,000 feet of logs. Allen's lumber camp burned. residents flee with belongings. A large blaze reported between Chipmunk and Limestone.
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Beradford
E K
Russell City
Chaffee
Kane
Sugar Run
Stout & Holden
H. O. Ostranger
Allen
Safety Appliances on Railways Act Sets New Car Standards
The act to improve safety for railroad workers and travelers, effective June 11 through July, prohibits interstate use of cars lacking secure grab irons and hand holds and requires freight drawbar height to meet a standard after July 1, 1895. Secretary Moseley of the Interstate Commerce Commission says railroads are ready or will be ready to comply with both provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuicano
Moseey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Scores From Base Ball Field Five Contests Noted
Baseball scores from June 11 show Washington 3 over St Louis 2, New York 5 over Chicago 4, Brooklyn 9 over Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 7 over Cleveland 0, Baltimore 13 over Cincinnati 4, Boston 5 over Louisville 1 as per league tallies. Eastern politics report debate in Paris on France policy in the far east and Kiel ship visit.
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Chicago
Washington
St. Louis
New York
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Boston
Louisville
Depert
New York and
Boston Limited
Viedoxpress
Uantic
Eval Freight
Lafayette Acrom'n
Acitic Express
Kansas City Express
Lafayette Accom'n
St. Louis Limited
Humbert Opens Italian Parliament in Rome Ceremony
King Humbert presided at the opening ceremony as crowds cheered the arrival of senators and deputies. He urged retrenchment of expenditures to improve Italy’s credit and asked parliament to address communal finances, administration, and judicial reforms while stressing Italian British friendship.
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Rome
Humbert
Margaret
Italy
Great Britain
Policy speech and parliamentary action across nations and states
In Britain Italy and Africa policy outlines, King Victor Emmanuel lauds unity as socialists stay away from parliament. Springfield House passes bills on election law railway claims road material costs expert fee limits and notary citizenship. Pana reports abduction case of a Nokomis girl, with Fred Murray arrested for alleged involvement and warrants out for others.
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Suci
Africa
Italy
Victor Emanuel
Springfield
Senate
Tragic Killing in Osterville Involves Farm Hand
In Hyannis Mass on June 11 Lizzie Coleman a 14 year old from Osterville was shot and killed by Henry Ledetke who then shot at her younger brother and killed himself. Ledetke had worked for Simeon Leonard and had shown interest in Lizzie.
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HyYawnns
Mass
Lizzie Coleman
William Coleman
Osterville
Henry Ledetke
Ledetke
Simeon Leonard
Coleman
Principal speakers arrive for the silver convention
McEampais June 11 two principal speakers Senator Turple Indiana and Harris Tennessee have arrived. Senators Jones and Berry Arkansas and Stewart Nevada are en route with Congressmen Sibley Pennsylvania Bryan Nebraska Senator Marion Butler head of North Carolina delegation and Senator Pasco with Florida delegation.
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McEampais
Turple
Indiana
Harris
Tennessee
Jones and Berry
Arkansas
Stewart
Nevada
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Bryan
Nebraska
Marion Butler
North Carolina
Pasco
Florida
President Cleveland Enjoys Trout Fishing Near Leesburg
In Leesburg Virginia on June 11 President Cleveland with Secretary Morton and Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller fished preserves owned by Henry Harrison two miles from town. They landed thirty trout before noon with the president catching a dozen before returning to Washington last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg
Cleveland
Henry Harrison
Morton
Miller
Internal Revenue
Washington
Burglary Strikes Maine Grocery Se curity Loss Reaches Fifty Thousand
A Maine grocery store owned by J A Hutchinson was burglarized last Thursday night with $50 000 in cash stocks notes and bonds stolen from a tin box in the safe The crime remains unsolved and the method suggests a knowledgeable intruder.
Rainy spell could save corn crop in Kansas and Oklahoma
Reports from Olathe Emporia Fort Scott Wichita Caldwell and nearby towns say a heavy twenty hour rain may save the corn crop after small grain is largely beyond help. Farmers now hope to raise a good corn crop seen as salvation for southern Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Kansas City
Olathe
Emporia
Fort Scott
Wichita
Caldwell
Kan
Hennessy and Perry
O.T
Kanana
Oklahoma
West Point Announces Top Graduating Cadets
At the dress parade in West Point on June 11 the general merit rankings of the Military academy’s graduating class were announced. The top three are KE Schulz of West Virginia first, Harry Burgess of Michigan second, and J A Guravy of Michigan third, among fifty two graduates.
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West Point
N.Y
Military Academy
KE. H. Schulz
West Virginia
Harry Burgess
Michigan
J. A.guravy
Massive Missionary Massacre Report Near Cheng Tu Debunked
U.S. officials doubt the Cheng Tu massacre claim, suspecting Chang Te as the target. Chinese authorities report mob violence against missionaries, with refugees in Cheng Tu and Yamaen Vice Roy Lin blamed. latest cable confirms broader devastation at several missions.
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Washington
Cheng Tu
Chong Tu
China
Canton
Shanghai
Japan
Ihe
le Chun
State Department
Chang Te
Hunan
United States
Danby
Cheng '‘I'u
Kiating
Yuachohu
Lin
Wheat acreage and condition by state June 1894 report
Washington June 11 The June 1 report consolidates agricultural returns showing winter wheat acreage at 96.1 percent of 1894 harvested area after abandonments. State figures include Ohio 95 Michigan 90 Indiana 95 Illinois 95 Kansas 87 California 115. Spring wheat area at 99.5 percent national. state values Wisconsin 107 Minnesota 100 Nebraska 101 North Dakota 100 South Dakota 100. Overall wheat average 97.1 with 73.4 percent condition. Oats 103.2 of last year with 84.4 condition. barley 82.2. rye 96.7 with 145.7 average condition. rice 100.2 and 89.2 condition.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Linois
Kansas
California
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Ilinois
Missouri
Wisconsi
Iowa
Oreyton
Olney Becomes Secretary of State in Washington
Olney was sworn in as secretary of state succeeding Walter Q. Gresham in the diplomatic room of the state department. Chief Justice Fuller administered the oath with aides Landis Adee and Rockhill present, as Limenton joined from the War Department and Secretary in attendance.
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Washington
Olney
Walter Q. Gresham
Fuller
Richmond
State Department
Landis
Gresham
Adee
Rockhill
Aubery
Liemont
War Department
Navy experiments push new controllable torpedo progress
Washington reports the navy is testing a controllable torpedo with new guidance aims. Officials say the old Whitehead design will be superseded and there is no way to evade its guidance once perfected. The article notes secret nature and ongoing development as of June 11.
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Washington
Navy Department
Ig Ia
Aaid
Navy weighs torpedo launch and Florida patrols
Officials discuss launching a U S torpedo from a cruiser without self-damage as navy experts refine guidance. Washington reports the administration plans to send a U S warship to Key West to cooperate with revenue cutters against filibustering expeditions aiding Cuban insurgents. Raleigh likely assigned.
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Washington
United States
Key West
Revenue Cutters
Florida
Herbert
Alabama
Iowa to be made flagship after plan change
Washington June 11 The battleship Iowa will be fitted as a flagship though not originally designed for that role. Secretary Herbert approved the shift and naval bureau chiefs discuss interior changes to accommodate the upgrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Herbert
Board of Naval Bureau Chiefs
Fraud Order Issued Against Foster's Art College
The post office department issued a fraud order against Foster's Art College and Wilson Foster of St. Louis Missouri for obtaining money by fraudulent means.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Foster's Art College
Wilson Foster
St. Louis
Fire losses in Cameron and Milwaukee cited in brief notices
Cameron reports total losses near 400 000 with 52 structures burned including 28 homes and 24 business buildings. Insurance listed at 50 000 with 80 000 in three Wheeling firms, mayor appeals for aid. Milwaukee fire seen as far smaller, with lashed claims around 50 000. lumber piles charred but resawable. Also a Tyler assault case and a federal bulletin on Germany’s role in American agricultural exports.
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Cameron
Wheeling
Milwaukee
Forster Lumber Company
Chicago
Uhing Company
Tragic Incidents Reported in Telegrams
Mrs Yan Konopka a Russian emigrant supposedly insane threw her 18 month old child from a Big Four passenger train entering Terre Haute Ind The child will die. Sarah Jane Lester a 40 year old teacher in Brooklyn NY was killed by a crushed head in a Brooklyn building elevator. Trieste Italy quakes cause panic as residents fled to the streets overnight but no damage reported.
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Yan Konopka
Terre Haute
Ind
Sarah Jane Lester
Woodstock
Weather forecast for Midwest states shows showers and cooler trend
The forecast from Washington lists twenty four hour indications. Illinois will see increasing cloudiness and showers with northwesterly winds. Indiana expect showers, cooler with easterly winds shifting to northerly. Lower Michigan shows increasing cloudiness with showers and cooler air in the west, easterly winds. Upper Michigan: showers, warmer in the west and cooler in the east with variable winds. Wisconsin expects showers with northerly winds. Iowa to have showers then fair weather with northerly winds.
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Horllinois
Indiana
Norherly
Lower
Michigan
Michigan— Stowers
Wisconsn
Iowa
Markets Close Steady as New York and Chicago Quotes Mix
New York money on call 1 percent. Sterling easy. government bonds steady. Chicago Board of Trade quotes show mixed gains in wheat and corn while live stock prices in Caroaco show sizable receipts and varied bids across hogs cattle and sheep.
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New York Financial
New York
Eay
Prime Mercantile
Commercia
United States
Pacific
Ohicago Grain and Produce
Chicago
Board of ‘Trade Today
Burbanks
Hebrons
Michigan
Caroaco
Union Stock
Texas
National Bank Case Decided in Indianapolis Cabinet Co.
Circuit Judge Brown rules that Indianapolis Cabinet Co. secured 300000 from the late Indianapolis National Bank with a 250000 mortgage lien on the company property. Receiver Hawkins of the bank wins, as Lauter & Smith claims are deemed unsecured. Gov. Matthews comments on Roby case not affecting state law enforcement.
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Brown
Herman Lanter
H. J. Smith
Innapolis Cabinet Company
Cabinet Company
Indianapolis National Bank
Hawkins
Lauter
Indiana Trust Company
Matthews
Roby
Death by own action linked to tailor trio pact findings
Indianapolis June 11. William McDonald a journeyman tailor in Howard county died by his own hand after a claimed pact among three journeymen Bauer Koehler and McDonald formed years earlier Bauer died by own action in Anderson two years earlier Koehler then killed himself with a revolver McDonald later returned to the same shop and at a table where Bauer and Koehler sat took his life ten days before news report Irving incident notes the cycle of suicides among the trio.
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Indianapolis
William McDonald
Howard County
John Koehler
Gottlieb Bauer
McDonald
Koehler
Bauer
Bill
Anderson
Bauer and Koehler
Death of Brookston farmer follows strange fraud scheme
Fred Warner a White county farmer was found dead in a field near his Brookston home. The 80 year old collapsed after two strangers allegedly swindled him with promissory notes for 200 and 1100. His death is attributed to a broken heart as his family contests the fraudulent notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Fred Warner
Brookston
White County
Warner
Six eloping couples wed in one hour at Jeffersonville
Jeffersonville on June 11 reports six couples married within an hour by Squire Ksigwin. Names include Goins and Nora White of Versailles, McClur ney and Annie Beal of Central Kentucky, Shepherd and Amelia King of La Grange, Alwell and Sarah Williams of Owensboro, Jones and Effrywinnie, and Hall and Emma Maple of Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Frank Goins
Nora White
Versailles
David McClurney
Annie Beal
Kentucky
Milford Shepherd
Amelia King
la Grange
Charles Alwell
Sarah Williams
Owensboro
O. C. Jones
Effrywinnie
Thomas P. Hall
Emma Maple
Louisville
Squire Ksigwin
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Arthur Hartsock
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Here
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Downey
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Horsa
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Liverpool
Erik
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General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
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Jas T
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Will
Lowa
W. Va
Secretary of Agriculture
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Tripartite Suicide Club
Bloom
John On
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Oulitio
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Soloman
Prow
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Fabra Wah
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Eveland Mail
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Tical Freight
Libicergo
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Otal Freight
Aim
A. W. Johnston
B. F. Horner
Fort Wayne
Lave
Ft. Wayne
Cincianeti & Lomsvilla
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New Castle
Rushville
Canada
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Souter
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Mae
B.S. Whitley
Ft. W
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F Daly
HC Parker
Indianap
RUS
Port Wayne
New Yorks
Pauline Siecy
New York Vestibule Limited
Pacific Limited Express
Cannon Ball
R.G. Thompson
Fort Wayre
Wand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Fort Wayn
Grand Rapids
North
Goin Booth
Emery
Cass and
Wells Streets
J.C. Peltier
Undertaker
Embalmer
West Wayne St
Telephone
Hamilton National Bank
T. Hamilton National Bank
Courrentha
Charles Mech Lilgch
John Mohr
Cpenine
Gust. Schubert
Dyer
E. Main ST
White National Bank
Fort Wayne, Ind
Mokianie
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