Session actions and domestic events in the era
The Special Session coverage notes Senator Foraker presenting Olney Spain correspondence on Cuba peace terms, with mass reports withheld for safety. A belligerency vote passes in the senate while a House resolution funds citizen reporting. domestic items include fires, bank suspensions, races, storms, a Hoboken fire, political platforms, and notable deaths.
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Foraker
Senate
Olney
Spain
Cuba
House
Hitt
Bamge
Cubs
Johnson faces forgery charge at wrecked bank case
A broad ran list reports President Johnson of the wrecked State national bank of Logansport Ind charged with forgery up to 201000. Other items note Orleans Neb First national bank failure with over 100000, a clerk in Cincinnati found short 23404, and various incidents including murders drownings fires and a stockton drowning of swimmer Charles Cavill.
Notable deaths of political and military figures
United States Senator Joseph T. Earle died at his residence in Greenville, D C, aged 50. Gen Horatio King former postmaster general died in Washington aged 86. Gen James R McCormack died at Bonne Terre Missouri aged 73. McCormack was elected to Congress in 1860 and reelected twice.
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United States
Joseph T. Earle
Greenville
D. C
Horatio King
Buchanan
Washington
James R. McCormack
Bonne Terre
Gen. McCormack
Congress
Armistice Sought as Greek Turkish Armies Pause Hostilities
Athens dispatch reports a white flag and authority for Crown Prince Constantine to suspend fighting to pursue an armistice. A seven day truce aims to end Greek Turkish clashes in Thessaly Epirus and Crete. Brussels Paris and European powers expected to shape terms. Fire devastates Tochiosi Japan. 4000 homes gone 60 lives lost. John Eaton department store stock valued at 250000 burned in Toronto. Olaf Hansen US vice consul dies in Copenhagen. Duke of Tetuan resigns after foreign affairs incident in Spanish senate. News notes rising tensions and uncertain actions by powers.
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Athens
Greece
Turkey
Constantine
Tochiosi
Silk
Japan
Thessaly
Epirus
St.Stefano
Paris
John Eaton Company
James
Toronto
Ont
Olaf Hansen
United States
Copenhagen
Duke of Tetuan
Comas
Creta
Mussalions
Christiana
Spain Rules Out US Intervention in Cuban Affairs
In Madrid, Pre spier Canovas stated the chamber of deputies that Spain will not accept United States intervention in Cuban affairs. Reports from Athens say Greece will not pay indemnity to Turkey nor accept frontier rectification. The Victorian diamond valued at 1.5 million pounds was stolen from Ryderabad treasury. Queen Victoria’s May 24, 1819 birth anniversary was celebrated across England.
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Chamber of Deputies
Madrid
Prespier Canovas
Spain
United States
Athens
Greece
Turkey
Ryderabad
England
Minor News Items From Around The World And States
Claims of one re pene per 192 persons in the United States. Last company of Indian soldiers discharged from the U S army at Omaha. A Wilmington man aged 62 walked 15 miles for exercise to visit his son. Maine’s new cigarette law restricting sales to under 21 goes into effect. Seattle flour mills run day and night to meet breadstuffs demand from China and Japan. Don Cameron of Pennsylvania presented a horse valued at 15000 to President Diaz of Mexico. Freight charges were 600 in gold. Henry B. Cheatlam appointed York District recorder is a large property owner. American baggage checking system adopted by several European railways. A Wilmington Delaware man guilty of stealing an umbrella is sentenced to be whipped and imprisoned. American timber lands in Ontario total 4235 square miles with logs exports to the U S near 250 million feet yearly. Mrs Mary Clement Leavitt, noted traveler and temperance organizer, has visited 43 countries and organized 130 temperance societies. Maj S I Byers played key role in state flower act linked to Sherman’s Marel to the Sea. Mrs Eliza D Stewart celebrated her 81st birthday at Springfield. Known as Mother Stewart, she organized Osborn Ohio union in 1873 and has spent years in temperance crusade.
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United States
United States Army
Omaha
Wilmington
Maine
Seattle
China
Japan
Don Cameron
Pennsylvania
President Diaz
Mexico
Henry B. Cheatlam
Iseode
District of Columbia
Del
Ontario
Mary Clement Leavitt
Maj. S. I. .Byers
Sherman
Eliza D. Stewart
West
Springfield
Stewart
Osborn
Greek Greek Foreign Affairs and Indemnity Talks May 24
Athens reports indicate Greece will not pay indemnity or accept frontier concessions. Negotiations with Turkey continue. Edhem Pasha seeks direct settlement terms and a Greek plenipotentiary. A neutral zone 800 meters wide will be established, with most passes included. Col Manos reportedly attempted suicide in jail. he and staff are being sent to Athens for trial.
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Paris
Athess
M. Skouroudis
Athens
Haa
Greece
Turkey
Uward
Constantinople
Russi
Edhem Pasha
Thessaly
Baa
London
Times
Phourka
Wealthy smugglers arrested at New York port
St Louis millionaires Richard M. Scruggs and E Langhorne were seized on arrival from Southampton aboard the steamer St Paul. Charged with smuggling diamonds and jewelry worth about 8000 dollars, they waived examination and posted 2500 dollars bail. Scruggs led a dry goods house and claimed the items were for teachers of the St Louis Sunday School union. Langhorne served as his secretary.
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Louisa
Port of New York
New York
Richard M. Seruges
St. Louis
E . Langhorne
Custom House
St. Paul
Southampton
Langhorne
Scrugga
Scruggs
Shields
England
Australian champion swimmer Cavill drowns in Stockton baths
Charles Cavill, famed Australian swimmer, died in Jackson's baths Stockton while swimming. He went under water for five seconds and did not drown, with some suggesting asphyxiation. An inverted tube used in exhibitions may have allowed gas buildup from natural gas wells to enter the tube, causing his death. Lungs showed no water.
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Charles Cavill
Diex White
Stockton
Cal
Cliff House
Golden Gate
Jackson's
Cavill
Stockton Baths
Died: Dr. John P. Atwater Last Yale City Pioneer
Dr. John P. Atwater died at his Poughkeepsie home on Sunday aged 101? He was the last surviving member of the class of 1834 at Yale College. Born in 1823 in Carlisle Pennsylvania his father Rev Jeremiah Atwater was president of Dickinson College. He lived in Cincinnati 1837 to 1861 and moved to Poughkeepsie in 1870 owning valuable business property in Chicago earlier in life.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
John P. Atwater
Yale College
Carlisle
Jeremiah Atwater
Dickinson College
Atwater
Cincinnati
Toughkeepsie
Chicago
Mother and Daughter Perish in NYC Fire at 1149 West 23rd Street
A Sunday morning blaze in a four story brownstone in New York City killed Ava Mossway, 33, and her four year old daughter Ceatrice, with three others seriously injured. Fire started after hour o'clock in the basement level eating house and spread via stairwell flames. cause believed a late tenant lit a match. Damages about $2,000.
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New York City
New York
West Twenty-third Street
Ava
Catherine Mossway
Dene
Ceatrice Mossway
Mary C
Carrie Dowles
Hollis Street
Boston
Miss MacDonald
Weser Piano Company
Curtla
la Mont
Asteo
Hoston
Five Boys Drown In Chicago River Tragedy
In Chicago on May 24, five boys aged between 8 and 11 drowned after a crude raft on Mudlake in the south branch of the Chicago River near Ashland Avenue. One boy, John Uonis, 9, survived after leaping into shallow water. Victims named Frank Quinn 10, Charles Coates 11, James Coates 8, Charles Svee 9, Albert Svee 9.
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Chicago
Chicago River
Ashland Avenue
John Uonis
West Twenty-first Street
Yonis
Frank Quinn
Charles Coates
James Coates
Charles
Albert Svee
Gen Miles Ordered to London for Queen Victoria Jubilee
In Washington Secretary Alger sent a cable directing Maj. Gen. Miles, then at Constantinople, to reach London by June 15 to represent the U S Army at Queen Victoria's 60th coronation anniversary ceremonies. Admiral Miller will represent the Navy aboard the Brooklyn. A separate Camden tragedy reports 15-year-old William R Ross died by hanging, reportedly due to cigarette addiction and parental rebuke.
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Miles
Washington
Alger
Constantinople
London
United States Army
United States Navy
Admiral Miller
Brooklyn
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