Bold Train Robbery at Bearmouth Montana
Missoula Montana May 29 report of a bold Bearmouth hold up on the eastbound Northern Pacific No 2 in which the robber was struck by Express Messenger Laub over the head with an iron bar during a failed coin grab. The robber died and the partner fled, checks for 1000 were sent to Engineer Wilson and Laub.
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Drummond
Deer Lodge
Diverse sports slate as Lewis and Clark expo opens June 5
The Lewis and Clark exposition unveils a broad program of outdoor contests across Pacific Northwest sports. Jabez White sails for Europe aiming to return next fall to challenge the top lightweight fighters. A Montana state league forms with Butte Helena Missoula and Great Falls after Butte declines joining Pacific National. Cornell tops the intercollegiate track meet, Yale second, Harvard third, Penn fourth, with narrow gaps among other schools. Eddie Quinn promises a fast lightweights card for July 4 at Spokane. Harlem racetrack crowds cheer as high wire fencing protects spectators from racing cars. Lee Samuels signs to pitch at Sprague. McGraw fined and suspended for 15 days over language toward Dreyfus. Seely wins metropolitan amateur title in golf. Cornell defeats Harvard in a St Charles river boat race. Jerry McCarthy and Barney Mullin sign for 20 round Spokane bout June 13 with 100 forfeit posted. Scaler and Rogers to meet in eight rounds. Mullin and McCarthy stake $500 in side bet.
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No Sign of Strike Ending in Chicago Prolonged Tie
Chicago May 30 Nothing has developed that would indicate an immediate settlement of the two month old teamsters strike. The Chicago Federation of Labor met and planned a strike demonstration for July 5 with a monster parade of strikers and affiliated unions unless the controversy ends before that date.
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Teamsters
Chicago Federation of Labor
Six Pounder Target Practice Sets Navy Record
Joseph Thorn Scott, an apprentice on the torpedo boat Preble in San Vallo Bay, fired a six pound gun at 1000 yards. He hit the target 19 times out of 21 shots while the Preble moved at 1 knot.
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Vallejo
Cal
San Vallo Bay
Joseph Thorn Scott
Preble
Scott
Pacific National league opens three weeks at Spokane
Baseball at Spokane opens a three weeks series with Salt Lake visiting May 30 and June 2 3 4 Ogden June 7 8 9 10 11 Boise June 12 18 14 15 14 Visitors at Spokane will see fast ball.
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Salt Lake
Ogden
Boise
Tornado Hits Colbert L T Destroys Several Homes
A tornado struck Colbert L T causing destruction to multiple houses. Colbert, a 500 resident town near the Texas line eight miles from Denison, lies on the St Louis San Francisco railroad. The text also mentions Russian editor Suvorin and a dialogue fragment from the Chicago News.
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L. T
Texas Line
Denison
St. Louis & San Francisco
Naval battle in Korea Straits reports sinking of Borodino
Washington dispatches say Japanese torpedo craft attacked Admiral Rozestvensky's Baltic squadron in the straits of Korea. Reports claim the Russian battleships Orel and Borodino were sunk or damaged along with cruisers and a repair ship.
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Tokio
State Department
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Tsushima
Rojestvensky
Port Arthur
Korean Straits
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Borodino
Polish Socialists call for attack on opponents
The Polish social party issues a manifesto urging people to attack and destroy those not belonging to the socialists. Social democrats protest Catholic archbishop’s sermons against socialism and threaten trouble in churches if priests push socialist sermons.
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Polish Social Party
Social Democrats
Fire in Lodz Crowd Kills Two Jews
In Lodz disturbances near a synagogue, soldiers shot into the crowd killing two Jews. A workman mistaken for a police spy was stabbed to death Saturday night as troops gathered amid rising unrest. Madrid reports King Alfonso beginning a foreign tour with a large Plaza del Oriente sendoff.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Plaza del Oriente
Puerto Principe
Isthmian Canal Commission Sets Supply Stations
The Isthmian canal commission established purchasing and supply stations at New York New Orleans and San Francisco. These three points were chosen as the best places to assemble supplies for the canal and shipment of such supplies.
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The
Isthmian Canal Commission
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
Four Drown in James River Picnic Party
Springfield residents Frank Lee Frank Gray Miss Lou Rhodes and Bliss Sarah Gates drowned when a boat carrying a picnic party capsized on the James River Sunday. Rescue efforts followed as authorities investigated the tragedy and identified the victims.
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Frank Lee
Frank Gray
Lou Rhodes
Bliss Sarah Gates
James River
Siberia sails for Orient with 180 passengers and 9,000 tons cargo
The Pacific Mail steamer Siberia departed San Francisco for the Orient carrying 180 cabin passengers along with 150 Chinese and 50 Japanese. The voyage includes nearly 9000 tons of cargo and $1,000,000 in silver bound for Japan.
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Siberia
Japan
A Mother's Professorship in Wayside Education
A Wisconsin farmer's wife teaches her two young daughters at home, balancing household chores with reading and writing lessons. She calls herself a professor of things in general, noting she undertakes schooling because their distance from town makes formal schooling impractical. The mother, once a teacher, worries about resource gaps, desires plant life books, and plans to have books mailed from Minneapolis.
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Women of
America
Wisconsin
Eugene Field
Minneapolis
Sioux Mother-in-Law Tale Shows Teepee Partition Settlement
A Sioux custom keeps the mother-in-law from the son-in-law apart, a blanket wall used during visits. John Night Pipe appeals to an Indian agent, asking police to relocate the mother-in-law. she is sent to Black Moon's camp and the couple retains an undivided teepee.
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Tea Horn
John
Black Moon
Dakota
Major historic battles and casualty tallies listed
The article itemizes ancient and early modern battles with forces and deaths. From Marathon to Waterloo it notes opposing troop counts and losses for each engagement, including Thermopylae Cann ae Hastings Leipsig Blenheim Ulm and Waterloo with specific numbers.
Admiral's Gift Helps Vallejo Sailors Clubhouse
Rear Admiral Bowman H. McCalla funded a four story sailors and marines clubhouse at Vallejo California near Mare Island Navy Yard. Mrs McCalla raised the rest of the 62000 and President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone during a Pacific coast visit. The building, modeled on Helen Gould's sailors club in Brooklyn, was recently completed and dedicated.
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Vallejo
Cal
Mare Island Navy Yard
Leslie
Bowman H. McCalla
Mare Island
Navy club house at Mare Island heralded as reformer aid
The Rayal Club House near Mare Island features gymnasium bowling rifle range baths barber shop swimming pool dining room and theater with 500 seats. Navy sailors may use it free while others pay modest recreation and hotel fees. Admiral McCalla praised for philanthropy influencing sailors toward self respect thrift and better conduct on shore leave. A future serving sailor may find a bride who shares his fortunes.
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United States Navy
Admiral McCalla
Navy
Mare Island
Naval Service
New Vessel Aims to End Ship Pitch and Roll
An article describes a French naval engineer M. Ture’s sea craft to reduce pitching and rolling. The hull is underwater with two fore and aft floats increasing stability, promising long oscillation periods exceeding large waves. The 6300 ton design features a center of gravity to metacenter height of about 0.82–1.00 meters and a 22 second roll duration.
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M. Ture
William ‘Roude
M. Bertin
Brooklyn Hagle
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