Presidents Southern California Stop Draws Huge Crowd
President travels from Watsonville to Santa Cruz and San Jose on a May 12 swing. Thousands of schoolchildren greet him with flags as he speaks on naval strength and national duty. He visits McKinley Monument, Campbell tree planting, and ends the day en route to Palo Alto.
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Santa Cruz
Gal
Watsonville
Imm
Pacific
Court House
Iuachena
San Jose
Cal
McKinley Monument
St. James Square
Campbell
Palo Alto
Confessions Linked to Chinese Society Conspiracy
Two presidents of Chinese high binder societies in San Francisco admit in confessions that the Zeyup faction plotted to kill up to 300 members of the Chinese educational society. Other detainees deny the confessions and accuse the educational group of blackmail.
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San Francisco
Chinese High Binder Societies
Tom Vick
Chinese Educational Society
Zeyup Society
The
Educational Society
Heavy Rains Cause Floods Across Kansas
Torrential rains in Kansas trigger widespread flooding with loss of life and property. Republican river floods thousands of acres destroying wheat and corn, Missouri Pacific traffic halted, and two drownings reported near Randall and Jamestown.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Missouri Pacific
Louise Studden
Baalo Creek
Randall
Patrick Murphy
Cheyenne Creek
Jamestown
Panic in Monastir District as Bulgarians Off Turkish Troops
In the Igapari area near Monastir a clash left many Bulgarians dead and 75 prisoners. Another engagement occurred at Gorestrovo near Demir Hissar where the village was burned. Panic in the Monastir district has not abated.
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Salonica
Turkey
Igapari
Monastir
Gorestrovo
Demir-Hissar
Grand Central Railway Company of Nicaragua Organized
At a stockholders meeting in Pittsburg the Grand Central Railroad Company of Nicaragua was perfected with Robert Pitcairn of Pittsburg elected president and Senator John M. Thurston as director. The line will run from Managua to Tegucigalpa and Salvador, 220 miles, with $10,000,000 capital.
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Robert Pitcairn
Pittsburg
New Road
Salvador
Grand Central Railroad Company of Nicaragua
John M. Thurston
Managua
Tegucigalpa
Cardinal Gibbons Honors Bishop Catard Silver Jubilee
In Indianapolis Bishop Catard celebrates his silver jubilee with Mass at St Agnes Academy and a procession to St John church. Cardinal Gibbons attends and cables congratulations from the pope as 308 guests join a Columbia Club banquet later. Bishop Catard was the first appointed by Pope Leo XIII.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Pope Cables
Catard
Cardinal Gibbons
St. Agnes’ Academy
St. John’s Church
James E. Quigley
Chicago
Columbia Club
Catard Iis
Leo Iiie
Yale abolishes required undergrad work elective freshman year
Yale University announced major curriculum changes. Freshman year becomes elective with five chosen sight courses allowing drop of Greek Latin and mathematics. Greek will no longer be required as an entrance subject after June 1904. Gifford Pinchot named professor in the forestry school. William H. Brewer resigns as head of the agriculture department and becomes professor emeritus.
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New Haven
Con
Yale
Gifford Pinchot
Washington
National Forester
Yale School of Forestry
William H. Brewer
Yale Department of Agriculture
Slow Justice in Kentucky
Lexington reports that Curtis Jett, arrested in Madison county for the murder of J. B. Marcum, faces transfer to Jackson for trial unless he requests another venue. Prosecution weighs delaying removal, possible legislative action, and a potential special session to alter the law if relief cannot be found.
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Lexington
Curtis Jett
Madison County
J. B. Marcum
Jett
Jackson
Reichlin murder reward rises in Catholic effort
In Lorain Ohio on May 12 the Roman Catholics push to identify and capture the Reichlin murderer. Contributions pour in raising the reward to 7 000 dollars as Mayor Hing plans to hire detectives to advance the case and clear Father Walser of all suspicion.
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Lorain
Agatha Reichlin
Father Walser
Coronner
Hing
Humberts Face Trial On Forgery Swindle Charges
Magistrate Leydat concludes Humbert fraud case and commits Theresa Humbert Frederick Humbert and brother for trial on forgery use of forged documents and swindling. Eve Humbert Therese's daughter and Marie Daurignac are dismissed. Trial likely in July.
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Paris
Leydat
Humbert
Theresa Humbert
Frederick
Eve Humbert
Therese
Marie Daurignac
Mme. Humbert
Berlin Society Aids Emigration of Reformed Criminals
The society for the improvement of discharged criminals in Berlin plans to help worthy charges emigrate after six months of trial to North or South America. Each recipient will get language instruction for the destination country, transportation to the seacoast, and $150.
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America
Berlin
Society For the Improvement of
North
South America
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