Crossing Tragedy in Denver Kills Four Children
A spring wagon with eight children aged 8 to 9, driven by Henry Marsan of Denver, was struck by a Denver and Rio Grande train at 8 pm. Four children died and four were badly injured, two of whom likely will die. Police say Marsan was intoxicated and ignored signals, driving onto the track as the train bore down, demolishing the wagon and mangling the children.
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Henry Marsan
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Denver and
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Marian
Marsan
Attack on Calhoun prompts Havana paper critique
El Diario de la Marina in Havana criticizes United States Commissioner Calhoun by citing Mr Pepper reports as private interior matters of the mixed commission. It accuses Pepper of unfriendly Spain reporting while praising insurgent torches and hints at New York papers operating under Gen. Lee’s influence from Havana offices.
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Havana
United States
el Diario de la Marina
Calhoun
Pepper
McKinley
Cuba
el Diario
Mixed Commission
Spain
el Diario da ‘la Marina
New York
Genera
Gen. Lee
Durrant to die June 1 in San Francisco murder case
Governor Budd orders death watch for Theodore Durrant and confirms June 11 hanging for the murder of Blanche Lamont. Telephoned warden Hale from San Francisco and received secrecy surrounding the decision as Memorial Day snow storms affect Wisconsin and Michigan. Mildred Brewster fatally wounds Annie Wheeler Brewster in an apparent jealousy case.
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Mildred Brewster
Annie Wheeler Brewster
Iself
Too Homely to Live. Kingston Judge Hears Asylum Plea
A fragment from a Kingston court record discusses a man described as the homeliest in town and a petition to commit him to an asylum. The note hints at threats of self harm and cites a judge’s involvement in the matter.
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Ter
Kingston
Andngane
Myer
Seeley Dinner Indictments Likely to Remain Buried
In New York last January the indictments against participants in the Seeley dinner may not be tried as the district attorney deems it best for public interests to keep details from court. Letters from prominent figures including school principals argue publicity harms youth minds and urge non prosecution.
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New York City
Withhold Aid From Children In Famine Fund
Lord Radstock, secretary of the English Society for the Christian Succor of India,Receives a letter from Rev J C Denning an American clergyman at Narsingpur alleging dishonesty and incompetence of the natives administering the famine fund He says Hindoo district committee members blocked relief to children arguing only Christians run the orphanage and aiding children would aid Christians The note claims no funds have reached the poor Hindoo population due to these actions
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Lord Radstock
English Society For the Christian Succor of India
J. C. Denning
Narsingpur
Denning
Christiana
Convicts at San Quentin Rebel Over Prison Fare
Seven hundred inmates at San Quentin prison protested the menu and refused to work until meals improved. Warden and Prison Director Wilkins investigated and found no deficiency, but the rebels were placed in solitary confinement on bread and water until they conformed.
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San Quentin
Cal
Wilkins
Johnson Sentenced Ten Years At Ohio Penitentiary
John F. Johnson, former president of the State National Bank of Logansport Indiana, was sentenced to ten years in the Ohio penitentiary by United States District Judge Baker. The sentence, the severest possible, will yield about seven years with good time. His wife attended without emotion.
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Johnson
John F. Johnson
State National Bank of
Logansport
Ind
Ohio
United States
Baker
Senate Senses Sugar Trust Tariff Charges
Senators clash over alleged sugar trust influence on tariff schedules. Senator Tillman accuses New York speculators and trust magnates of guiding the bill, while Aldrich denies any sugar trust involvement. Pettus demands specific charges as debate centers on corruption and accountability.
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Sugar Trust
Aldrigh
Milkman
Senate
Tima
South Carolina
Ave
New York
Tillman
Senator Pettus
Alabama
Senator Tilman
Arlington Hotel
Chapman
Havemeyer
Smith
New Jersey
Aldrich
106 COUNTS AGAINST HIM IN BANK FRAUD CASE
J Winslow Jones of Tazelwood Pa, aged 60, arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Irons on 106 charges for attempting to defraud a national bank. The case links to last year’s Fort Stanwix Bank incident in Rome N Y where cashier George Barnard died by his own hand and misappropriated about 200000 dollars. Jones faces misappropriation and abstraction charges on 53 checks averaging about 600 dollars each, totaling 38062.19 dollars.
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Winslow Jones
Fort Stanwix
J. Winslow Jones
Tazelwood
United States
Irons
Jones
Rome
George Barnard
Bank Robbers Blow Carlisle Bank With Dynamite
A gang blew the McMurtree Bros bank in Carlisle Iowa at about 8 am Friday. They cut telegraph and telephone wires and raided the blacksmith shop for tools. Dynamite shattered the safe and blew out the front of the building. The town was awakened by the blast. robbers fled. Bank officers report nothing or little money taken.
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Carlisle
Iowa
McMurtree Bros
Two Men Hanged in Chicago for Murder on December 29 1806
William T. Powers and John Lattimore both hanged at noon on Friday in Chicago. Powers killed saloon keeper John T. Murphy for his money after waiting at the trap alongside Lattimore, who murdered a boarding house keeper.
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William T. Powers
John Lattimore
Chicago
Powers
John T. Murphy
Lattimore
Independent operators vow fight against Bell on Berliner patents
Bert Hubbell secretary of the National Association of Independent Telephone Companies of Pittsburgh Pa says independent US companies will raise a $60 000 fighting fund to oppose American Bell Telephone Company if Bell moves to curb anti Bell use of Berliner patents.
Buckhurst Crew Missing After Ship Fire at Sea
Advices from Punta Arenas Costa Rica Thursday report the British coal vessel Buckhurst burned at sea en route to Panama. City of Pain rescued twenty one crew members and landed them at the first port. many others remain missing. McLawrin Appointed Senator Gov Elfjerbes of South Carolina commissions John Lownes. Monahan caged. Jeathe marred in Baltimore.
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Punta Arenas
Costa Rica
Buckhurst
Panama
City of Pain
Washington Democrats plan to rescind fusion and regroup
Leaders of the Washington Democratic Party announce plans to end the last campaign fusion, reorganize the party, and run future campaigns on the Chicago platform. A general meeting of Democratic committeemen is set for Spokane on June 14 to discuss the move.
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Democratic Party
Washington
Chicago
Spokane
Wreck at American Falls Claims Nine Lives
A head on collision between a freight train and a westbound passenger near American Falls Idaho killed nine people and seriously injured eight others. The wreck, described as the worst on the Short Line in years, occurred as the freight train allegedly jumped the hill plowing into the passenger as it backed up. Station platform workers were killed or fatally injured, the station building shattered, engines turned to scrap, and freight cars piled in a heap. Several passengers and others aboard the freight and passenger trains died or were injured amid wreckage and chaos.
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Colfinson
Ad Paresenger
Feolght
American Alla
Poentelo
Idaho
Uown
Ning Foe
American Falla
American Alls
Atelion
Wight
Havemeyer Wins Not Guilty in Sugar Trust Case
In Washington the trial of Henry Wavemeyer, president of the sugar trust, ended with a defense motion to acquit. The court sustained the motion and dismissed the case. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. District Attorney Davis said the verdict would not affect Searles' case.
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Henry
Wavemeyer
The
Sugar Trust
Washington
Onga
Johnson
Navemeyer
Davis
Searles
Sugar Refining Company
Mavemeyer
Hair Raiser on Kansas City Bridge by Dora Dewitt
Dora Dewitt repeated a perilous bridge ride in Kansas City again riding on the outside rail of the bridge with only an eighteen inch gap. She completed the feat on a light bicycle without tires leaving bare rims. Witnesses included several well known wheelmen as her arms became numb at the finish.
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Dora Dewitt
Kansas City
Joe Newley
Milwaukee
Menley
Miss Dewitt
Population Growth in Chicago Reaches Millions
The annual census reports Chicago housing 1,800,000 residents. Over two dull years, the city's population rose by 106,000, with increases of 67,000 in 1896 and 18,000 to 60,000 in the present year, highlighting steady growth amid stagnation.
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Chicago
Directory Company
Last Quapaw Chief Dead and Major Fire Reported
A Quapaw agency obituary notes Buffalo Calf aged chief of the Quapawa tribe died of pneumonia. In Wisconsin a $150,000 fire at Ashland destroyed the Northern Grain Mercantile flour mill and several residences and boat houses, with losses across multiple buildings. Market quotations follow for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and other items across several cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York.
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Quapaw
Indian Territory
Ife
Ashland
Win
Wis
Northern Grain Mercantile Company
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
National Solons Report on Senate and House Proceedings
A detailed summary of recent Senate and House actions includes a Cuban insurgents recognition resolution referred to Rules, a $60,000 Cuba relief appropriation signed by the President, and conferees on the sundry civil bill. Highlights cover forest reserves revised, Washington and Pearl Harbor appropriations trimmed, and an Omaha exposition exhibit kept at 200,000. The tariff debate heats with West and Aldrich leading, Mallory sworn in, and a new interstate commerce bill discussed. Senate moves on public buildings funding for several cities.
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McMilltn
House
Senate
Committee On Rules
Cuba
Cleveland
Vearl Harbor
Iawaii
Salmon Bay
Washington
Omaha Exposition
Tawar Mississippi River
Mobile Bay
Aldrich
West
Canton
Mallory
Morida
Oullom
Mey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jones
Arkansas
Wotkins
White
Catfery
Gray
Stewart
Mr. West
California
Secretary of the Navy
India
Reed
Lewin
Lbefore
Tillman
South Carolina
Senate Briday
Snegar Steels
Senate Committee On
Senate Committee On Public Buildings and Grounds
Baltimore
Durham
N. C
Melkeesport
Wilkesbarre
Butte City
Mont
Aberdeen
War talk and civil service notes in press snippets
A collage of brief quotes from papers including Pittsburgh Mines, Chicago Tribune, Portland Western Argus and Washington Post. Topics touch on Europe’s potential war, a game of nations, the Dingley bill, and Chicago civil service modifications.
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Miles
Europe
Pittsburge
Chicago
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