Gresham Dies After Illness at Arlington Hotel
Secretary of State Richard Olney and other officials mourned as William R. Gresham died at 1:15 AM at the Arlington Hotel Washington after a battle with pleurisy pneumonia. Doctors used nitroglycerine and other stimulants to keep him alive while a transfusion revived him briefly before death.
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Work of Late Secretary Gresham Born Near Lanesville
The Work of the Late Secretary of States Walter Quintin Gresham was born March 17, 1833 near Lanesville Harri. This brief notice marks the death year and early name origin for the prominent state official.
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Walter Quintin Gresham
Siarch 17
Lanesville, Harri
Talk of Vile Successor in Gresham Case
Washington May 28 There is discussion of the probable successor to Secretary Gresham Many names are named including Edwin Pohl Grand Rapids Wren Gray Bayard Ellis Whitney Dickinson and others Ambassadors Bayard and Ellis considered possible but Dickinson not likely to take the post
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Delaware
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Don M Dickinson
Michigan
Baseball Report: NL Rain Delays Games. Saturday Schedule
No NL games were played yesterday due to wet grounds in Pittsburg and New York. Today’s slate includes Chicago at Brooklyn, Cleveland at New York, St Louis at Boston, Cincinnati at Philadelphia, Louisville at Baltimore, Pittsburg at Washington.
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Louisville
Baltimore
Washington
Michigan State Teagad Gamer Event Recap
Fragmentary report from Michigan events listing Kalamazoo Port Huron Adrian and Lansing venues with scattered team names and scores. Unable to determine full context or outcomes due to corrupted OCR text.
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Michigan State Teagad
Kalamazoo
Western League Scores From Indianapolis Toledo Detroit and Grand Rapids
In Indianapolis Indiana the Indians beat Minneapolis eleven to twenty one at Toledo Ohio the Toledo club defeated St Paul thirteen to twelve at Detroit Michigan Detroit lost to Kansas City thirteen to twelve at Grand Rapids Michigan Milwaukee shutout by Grand Rapids nine to zero Forfeited game notations follow.
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Milwaukee
Lansing liquor tax bill and libel reform measures considered
The Michigan House approved a 500 dollar liquor tax for social clubs and an exemption for certain small societies. It also passed a libel bill with separate damages findings. Senate actions included striking provisions from liquor and Watte Wildey bills and semiannual tax payments, while a capital punishment bill was tabled after initial failure.
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Shaw
Ts Pscolairphalsaoo
Senate
House
Durrant Case Ready for Arraignment in San Francisco
The Theodore Durrant murder case for Blanche Lamont and Winnie Williams at Emanuel church was assigned to Judge Murphy. Durrant will be arraigned next week. Prosecutors say the evidence is complete and ready to proceed. Attorneys vow to prove innocence and declare they will be real murderers.
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Blanche Lamont
Winnie Williams
Emanuel Church
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Debs Loses Contempt Case as Supreme Court Denies Writ
Washington May 28 The United States Supreme Court denies Eugene V Debs and seven officers of the American Railway Union a writ of habeas corpus in the great railway strike case. The decision upholds federal jurisdiction over interstate commerce and protects injunctions while allowing criminal prosecutions to proceed if warranted. Terre Haute Ind Debs reacts saying the ruling hastens public ownership of railroads and utilities and signals the death knell of the wage system.
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United States Supreme Court
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Supreme Court
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Mads Gentral
Circuit Court
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Debs
Terre Haute
Ind
Eugene V Debs
Supreme Court of the United States
Railway Trainmen Endorse Independent Political Action
In Galesburg Illinois on May 8 the convention of railway trainmen debated independent political action and favor supporting at the polls candidates who back measures benefiting railway employees regardless of party. In Washington May 28 Gall Hamilton Dodge worsened and is now unconscious with aBrain clot on the brain.
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Iiss Dodge
Beards Said to Aid Health and Guard Against Ailments
A Pearson's Weekly note argues beards protect against sore throats neuralgia and toothache. Dr Chabbert links facial paralysis in women to shaving. men exposed to cold who shave face higher risk. A historical tale recalls a bearded woman prisoner presented to the czar in 1724 after battle with Charles XII.
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Miss White and Miss Pink Twin Teachers under disguise
The New York World notes twins Fanny and Antelia Purple, teachers at Grammar School No. 45 in East Twenty Fourth Street, wore colors white and pink to tell them apart after one covered the other when ill. Both share identical intellect and academic records. They live with their uncle Dr. Purple. both are orphans.
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World
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Candle Power and a Demon Lamp in Early Lighting
The article recalls candle dominance in domestic life, describing household candle setups with snuffers and elaborate candlesticks, plus a bronze lamp that provided generous light yet emitted smoke and odor. It notes the high cost of refined lamp oil and the era's costly illumination.
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Jerusalem
Luck and Ironies Shaping Great Leaders
The New Orleans Times-Democrat recalls how Lincoln Butterfield Cromwell Grant and a West Point rival shaped history. Lincoln failed to win a clerkship nudging him toward presidency. Cromwell’s America voyage ended by a constable redirecting him to England’s greatness. Grant’s military path hinged on a cadet rival with six toes. The tale ends with the Silver King discovered by a rock thrower.
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No Actors for the Grant Family
The eldest Grant Sartoris daughter shows stage talent but must hide it for family reasons. Alfonso XIII kept a boy battalion as a bodyguard in San Sebastian. After his departure, the units were disbanded with each boy receiving a discharge copy and a commemorative medal.
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Spain
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Illinow Notes On Society Crime and Crop Woes
The weekly page reports officers elected for the State Dental Society with W A Stevens of Chicago as president and others named. It notes the Rev Edgar P Hill accepting a call to Portland Oregon and mentions debts of local clothiers Witt & Goodwin. Weather and pests ruin much wheat in Montgomery County while farmers plow and plant corn. Multiple crime, court, and accident items follow including robberies, suicides, and railroad injuries.
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