Prophet Downe Sermon Sparks Mass Stand, Chicago Rally
John Alexander Dowle proclaimed himself living embodiment of Elijah during a Sunday platform speech in Chicago to about 6,000 listeners. He denounced churches and newspapers, attacked democracy as failed, and urged all to pay tithes to the storehouse of God while declaring God’s authority supreme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Tiffen
John the Baptist
Tehrah
John
Pol Riler
Saen
Earth
Malach
Tinsel
Jesus
Peter
Moses
John Alexander Dowle
Chicago
Zion
Church
Bat
Twattle
United States
Wiijal
Fire Devastates Tehuantepec Isthmus Coffee Plantations
A Tehuantepec Isthmus fire raged for ten days burning hundreds of acres of coffee, bananas, oranges, and other crops. Over seven plantation workers and their families perished in their huts as flames spread through the dry vegetation until a tropical rain finally quelled the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oaxata
Mexico
Tehuantepec
Examinations for Civil Service Posts Reach 45641
The annual report by Chief Examiner A F Serven shows that for the year ended June 30 1900 a total of 45,641 persons took competitive examinations for original appointments in the classified service. Of these 21,572 sought government departments and 16,509 for post offices, with others for the government printing office and internal revenue. Non competitive exams added 248 more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. FP. Serven
Civil Service Commission
Government Printing Office
Custom Lease Service
Internal Revenue
Creditors to Get Six Per Cent on Proved Claims
John St. Lord, receiver for William Miller and Franklin Gleate, authorized by Judge Thomas in Brooklyn to pay creditors 6 percent on proved claims. Payment to be made June 11. Gross amount listed as 287,000.
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John St. Lord
William Miller
Franklin Ayn Gleate
Miller
Sing Sing
United States
Dudge Thomas
Brooklyn
N. Y
Girl Kills Herself In Methodist Church Suicide
Aggie Long a one year old is described as committing death by her own action at Syedamore Dakota. She entered the church alone for organ practice and was found with a revolver through her heart at the pulpit door. A fetter on the organ lists pallbearers and who should officiate the funeral. No cause is known for the death.
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Aggie Long
Syedamore
Dak
Shoutig
Mss | Long
Cloir
Panister
Dee
Aid for Farmers Under German Government Plan
Reported plans by Count von Buelow to aid agriculture amid looming harvest shortfalls. Board of Agriculture cites potential Prussian wool and rye crop losses totaling millions in marks, with estimates of 1.375 million for wool and 0. something for rye.
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Count von Buelow
T& Measure
Board of Agriculture
Prussiau Agia Igns
Scattered Updates from Global News Notes
A wide collection of items across nations and states mentions political moves, criminal cases, disasters, and notable deaths. Highlights include ministerial shifts in Ontario style governance, a forger’s death by own act in Joliet, a London murder described in era tones, and Count William Bismarck’s death after brief illness.
Five Men Hanged by Mob at Lookout California
An enraged mob of 30 to 100 seized five men at Lookout Modoc County on Friday early. Calvin Hall and his sons Frank James and Martin, plus B D Yantis, were hanged at a bridge over Pitt River after being accused of petty theft. Guards were forced to help, and the mob dispersed after confirming all were dead.
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McSweeney
South Carolina
Annie Austin
London
John Welpport
Newark
Balikhun
Russia
Rand
Wis
Sheboygan
Kindred
N. D
Wiley Kirk
Towson
Coryell
New Castle
Col
Joshi Gillman
Whier Jones
Willington
Del
Bophard
Rhine
England
Jasper
Lox
Turkey
William Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
W. TL. Klensaire
Holton
Isan
Gustave Meyer
McKinley
Nanny Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln City, Ltd
Lancaster
Tinos Minney
Middle Bass Island
Lake Erie
Michael Doran
Binghamton
N.Y
Mary Hersiberger
Nattie Maggee
Calvin Mageee
Watseka
Lookout
Modoccoturty
Cal
Calyla Hall
Frank
James
Martin
B. D. Yantis
Yantis
Street
Hull
Pitt River
Rank Hall
Calvin Hall
Ynuotis
Hall
Our Trade With Spain Shows Recovery and Growth
Commercial ties with Spain appear fully restored and exports from the United States to Spain in the nine months ending March 1901 reached 11,870,349 dollars, up from 10,081,920 the year before. The year to date suggests total exports to Spain in 1901 near 16,000,000 dollars, while imports from Spain may exceed 5,000,000 dollars, higher than 1899 and 1891- prior years.
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Spain
United Sates
United States
Detectives Hunt Mrs Birdsall Over Dog Luxury Embezzlement
A Philadelphia bookkeeper and clerk, Julia K Birdsall, is pursued by a dozen detectives for embezzling 15000 dollars to fund lavish care for her 18 dogs. She allegedly began stealing five years ago, furnishing each two dog houses in Mars pattern, with miniature bedsteads, rain coats, and skin quilts. Two Paris imported toy cars carried dogs to daily airings. she, an 82 year old widow, recently became a Christian Scientist.
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Julia K. Birdsall
Bernstein, Kauffman & Co
Philadelphia
Mars
Birdsall
Wom
Paris
Gener elected mayor of Havana in Thayana vote
Miguel Gener, Nationalist candidate, wins Havana mayoral race with 11,115 votes. Senor Mora Teprahli and Senor Carlos Garcia of the Democratic party trail with 3,212 and 3,211 votes respectively. Nationals secure 18 municipal council seats, Republicans four, Democrats two. Newspapers urge obeying the Washington government and accepting the Plate amendment as passed.
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Havana
Miguel Gener
Thiayana
Senor Mora
Teprahlican
Senor Carlos Garcia
Democratic Party
Nationals
Republicans
Aml
Democrats
Investigating Glass Union Conspiracy Alleged Labor Plot
The attorney general of Tadlinn probes a combined effort by Americans Window Glass Company and the Glass Trust with independent unions to coerce negotiation with major craft bodies. The aim alleged is to employ entire union memberships to shut out competition.
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Tadlinn
Americans Window Glass Company
Glass Trust
Revised Census Figures Show U S Population and Densities
The census bureau released revised U S population figures totaling 1376 303 387, with Alaska, Hawaii, Indian Territory and Indian reservations included but not Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Rhode Island leads density at 407 inhabitants per square mile, Massachusetts closely follows, while New York and Pennsylvania rank high. Alaska and Nevada have extremely low densities.
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Census Bureau
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Indian Territory
Forte Itico
Philippines
Rhode Island
Union
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
Kow
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Ohio
Nevada
Wyoming
Arizona
New Mexico
Monmnna
Idaho
Public debt report shows May 1901 balance and drop
The treasury department’s monthly public debt statement for May 31 1901 shows debt less cash in treasury at 1 062 476 494 a month decline of 10 268 762. Cash on hand total 1 874 814 963 including interest bearing and non interest bearing components. reserves and trust funds listed with 1 170 073 488 against 857 784 909 liabilities leaving 12 338 469 cash on hand.
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Treasury Department
Treasury
Reserve Fund
Cuban convention approves Platt amendment in tight vote
The Cuban constitutional convention backed the Platt amendment by 15 to 14 after a heated debate. Radicals attacked Conservatives with Portuondo Gomez and Tamayo leading the opposition while Tamayo called backers traitors before forced retract. A decree extends mortgage payment terms by four years with annual principal and interest shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Relations
Senores Portuondo
Gomez
Tamayo
Senor Tamayo
Leaving Pekin as German troops transfer control
General staff report Pekin administration to shift gradually to Chinese officials in June. Count Waldersee departs with his staff. Two special trains run weekly to Taku, transporting troops. Germans remove vast baggage including carts and rickshaws. The Baluchi regiment departed Sunday amid Mrewell ceremonies. British troops and American officers attended.
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Pekin
Vou Waldersee
Taku
Mrewell
Slaughter at Windfontein. British losses reported
Lord Witchener to the London War Office reports a Pretoria date battle near Windfontein. Gen Dixon's force fought Delaway's troops with severe casualties and a heavy enemy loss. British killed and wounded total 174. Delavay remains undaunted as combats near Johannesburg intensify.
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Lord Witchener
London War Office
Pretoria
Priday
Dixon
Windfontein
Delaway
Vmour
Lord Roberts
Johannnesbure
Got Reet
Vlidedfontein
Clamps
Massliesbore
Cen. Delavay
Cable Flashes Report Scattered Global Notes
Fragmentary 19th century wire service style items report census figures for Australia at 4 550 051 with 740 74 growth over 40 years. Other items note marriages in Paris, two French explorers guarded in Peru, and a violent episode ending with a guard killed by Studians amid pirate trouble in Morocco.
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Annaibur
Pomba
Gionone
Studians
Morocco
Paul Vonget
Tragic Schuylkill River Disaster At Flat Rock Dam
A picnic party of five women and three men in a rowboat were swept by the Schuylkill's current at Flat Rock dam two miles above Manayunk. The boat emptied as they neared the wall of water, with all five women and two men drowning. two men initial observers disappeared below the falls.
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Schuylkill
Flat Rock
Flat Rock Dam
Manayunk
Philadelphia
Berl
Indemnity Talks Split Powers Over China Debt
Telegrams from Pekin say nations may begin evacuation after an edict admitting China’s debt at 450,000,000 taels. Rockhill views a possible American victory as his 310,000,000 tael cap failed. A dispute over 5 percent foreign customs raises delay risk, with America offering to relinquish indemnity for China. Incident reported of a clash between German and American soldiers at Hue.
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Pekin
China
United States
Rockhill
America
Burned at the stake in Barton murder case
Frederick Rochelle a negro who assaulted and killed Mrs. Rena Lageart was tortured and burned to death by a mob in Barton Florida. The lynching occurred before a large crowd near the main street with no arrests expected by civil authorities.
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Florida
Frederick Rochelle
Rena ‘Lageart
Barton
Itochelle
Ese Tolon
81 Infants Found Dead in Birmingham Cellar
A sensational case in Birmingham, Isaq, reveals 81 infant corpses in a cellar beneath an undertaker’s establishment. The widow who operated the business was charged with causing the infants’ deaths, with bodies in various stages of decomposition discovered under the property.
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Birmingham
Isaq
Tragic Ontario Fire Claims Four Lives
A blaze at a Havelock residence in Ontario killed James Post and his nephew, with Mrs. Post severely burned. Near Insonburg, two boys Jinlwey Mann and J B Adams perished in a barn fire as day broke, leaving no structure intact.
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Havelock
Ont
James Post
Fairbanks Named Presidential Candidate by Indiana Republicans
Indiana Senator Fairbanks is formally announced as a candidate for president before the 1904 Republican national convention. Indiana Republican leader New asserts a solid state delegation will back Fairbanks, portraying him as the logical party nominee and implying broad support at the convention.
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Indiana
Fairbanks
New
Republic
Tragedy at Covington: Wife Kills Husband and Child
In Covington Wyoming Mrs Kate Stes fer aged 22 after a quarrel with her husband Otto 42 shot him and their seven year old daughter then killed herself. Police report a domestic tragedy ending in suicide.
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Covington, Wy
Kate Stes Fer
Otto
China objects to Four Per Cent Indemnity Offer
Chinese plenipotentiaries inform the powers that the court accepts paying 450 million taels but objects to a four percent interest rate. The dispute centers on the indemnity amount and the terms of payment.
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China
Night Disaster at Richland Mine Claims Twenty One Lives
A deadly coal dust explosion near Dayton Tennessee at the Richland Wing of the Day ton Coal and Iron Company killed 21 white miners, most married with families. A “blood blast” caused by a failed dynamite blast ignited accumulated dust, tearing through the mine and caving the roof as 34 men faced the danger. four escaped, nine were burned, and bodies were recovered from the debris.
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Richland
Dayton Coal and Iron Company
Dayton
Tenn
Daytot
Supreme Court Rule On Uniform Duties Across Nation
The Supreme Court rules that the uniformity clause in the constitution was aimed at preventing state advantages in import duties, applying to states not territories. It states duties must be uniform at all ports nationwide, with possible extension to territories decided by Congress.
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Supreme Court For
United States
Great Tribunal
States United
Congress
Rebels Fought Infantry Near Paracale
Thirty three men of Company A, Twentieth United States Infantry, clashed with Segovia's band near Paracale in North Camarines province. Surgeon St. John was killed. The insurgents suffered five killed and two wounded. Donbol had been attacked again and reinforcements from Bone, Marinduque, province, were sent.
Government Receipts Outpace Expenditures in May
May receipts total 52,020,440 with expenditures 42,130,500, yielding a monthly surplus of 10,492,880 and an eleven month surplus of 58,587,135. Customs 21,021,488, internal revenue 27, etc. The war department disbursements 9,897,000 and navy 5,050,508, each showing increases.
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War Department
Navy Department
Co-education ends at Maryville college in Tennessee
The Maryville college directors in Knoxville announce the end of co education by state enactment. The $26,000 endowment will support Swift Memorial Institute for colored students in Oversville, Wenn, with semi annual interest. Thaw and Freedmen's Bureau funds noted. Prof Wilson named president replacing Dr Board Lind.
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Tennessee
Maryville College
Knoxville
Tenn
Swift Memorial Institute
Oversville
Wenn
Macquille College
Thaw
Pittsburg
Freedmen’s Bureau
8. T. Wilson
W. Boardlind
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