Pioneer Limited trains praised as top passenger service
An article extols the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Pioneer Limited as a landmark achievement in rail travel. It highlights luxury, finish, and comfort, noting two trains run daily, one to the West and one to the East, with record passenger traffic and acclaim over the past year. It also references Cleveland to Buffalo routes and the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Progressive Company
Pioneer
Twin Cities
America
Pioneer Limited
St. Paul Road
Read-Heed to Your Profit on Seasonable Goods
An ad touts 45 cent Mohairs, light gray effects, 75 cent Sullings, 95 cent dollars, 50c Madras Ginghams, 10 cent Madras, 10 cent Organ dies with floral prints. It promotes low prices under worth, samples, and seasonal silks including superb India and Foulard silks at 50c and other wash silks at 5c.
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India
Martha Burroughs Trial and City Abuse Suits
Martha Burroughs with records in Chicago Cincinnati and the Pacific coast was committed to the asylum while on trial for perjury. She had filed damage suits totaling 1,000,000 against Freemont and Toledo in U S circuit court after a workhouse term. Mobs in Cleveland stoned non union transit workers on the Big Consolidated lines and wrecked abandoned cars as police halted large crowds.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Pacific Coast
Toledo
Fremont
Martha Burroughs
Insane Asylum
Workhouse
United States Circuit Court
Beckwith
Cleveland
Cara
Consolidated
Broadway
Axtell Avenue
Denison and
Rhides Avenues
Burton and Clark Avenues
Pittsburg appoints McCorkle to Mount Hope endowment drive
In Pittsburg on June 28 Rev Sherman W McCorkle Ph D pastor of the Fourth Avenue M E church was named the Pittsburg member of a committee to raise fifty thousand dollars for Mount Hope university endowment in Rogers Ohio. The school, a Presbyterian institution, is well known in Ohio and McCorkle previously earned his Ph D there. In Chicago a Lapiner kidnapping case moved forward with Margare t McCauley testifying she saw a woman identified as Mrs Ingersoll abduct the Lapiner boy. In Yousetown the American Steel Hoop company moved clerical staff from Youngstown to the Pittsburg main office.
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Pittsburg
Sherman W. McCorkle
Forth Avenue M, EH
Pennsylvania
Mount Hope University
Rogers
O. Mt. Hope University
Ohio
McCorkle
Painesville
Chicago
Lapiner
Margaret McCauley
Mrs. Ingersoll
Youngstown
Yousestown
American Steel Hoop Company
Will of Frank Thomson Probate Highlights Three-Quarters Million to Children
Philadelphia dispatch June 28 reports the will of Frank Thomson, late president of the Pennsylvania railroad, admitted to probate in Norristown. About three-quarters of a million dollars is estimated, with one-third to be divided unequally among Anne Frank and Clark Thomson, and the remainder placed in trust for the three children with income paid to each.
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Philadelphia
Linomson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Marion
Norristown
Montgomery County
Amnpe Thomson
Frank G
Clarke Thomson
John J. Caldaweller
Anne
Frank
Clark Thomson
Death on Gold Trails in Alaska Route Disasters
News brief from Seattle and surrounding areas reports Alaska gold field hardships. W D Doolittle recalls Telegraph Creek fatalities from a snowstorm. 14 travelers saw nine perish, three found dead from scurvy near Moose Lake. Eight miners arrive from Alaska with about 250000 dollars in gold. W H Armstrong notes a crowded field and potential early cleanup. Major E J Ingraham details Cape Nome exploration with two pancakes a day at times and continued gold strikes reports.
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Seattle
Wash
W. D. Doolittle
Irvington
N. J
Alaska
Edmonton
Telegraph Creek
Mooselake
Porter
Liard District
San Francisco
Dawson
W. H. Armstrong
Armstrong
Nevapa Crty
Val
Norval Douglass
Harry Douglass
Cuifornia
Searrie
Cape Nome
E. 3
Ingraham
Prince Luigi
Italy
Kotzebue Sound
Three Killed and Eight Wounded in Recent Battles
General Otis reports additional casualties to the war department. Killed include soldiers from the Fourteenth, Ninth, and Twenty-first Infantry at Guad aloupe Hill Zapote and Iris. Wounded list covers Ninth, Twenty-first, Fourth, and Seventeenth Infantry with injuries ranging from slight to severe, including back, shoulder, abdomen, head, face, leg, and forehead wounds.
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Wasington
Otis
War Department
Fourteenth Infantry
Guadaloupe Hill
Gerard Strumper
Ninth Infantry
Zapote
Alfred A. Mahoney
Twenty-first Infantry
John B. Gerstnert
Joseph Crogan
Roumero T. Perry
Slight
Cha
Archbishop Ireland Addresses English Catholic Union Society
Archbishop Ireland spoke to a July meeting of the Catholic Union society of Great Britain presided by the Duke of Norfolk. He praised England’s liberty for Roman Catholicism and urged harmony between Britain and the United States, noting bishops O Gorman of Sioux Falls and Emmaus Palestine attended.
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English Catholic Union Society
Aimer Lospex
Duke of Norfolk
Butier
England
Catholic Union Society of
Rome
Great Britain
United States
Thomas O’gorman
Sioux Falls
Emmaus
Palestine
Yan
Germany's Delegates Instructed To Accept Arbitration Principle
Hague June 28 The German delegates are said to have received instructions to accept the principle of a permanent tribunal of arbitration as outlined in Anglo American proposals. Also June 28 Must merioan Charge Not Proven A divorce suit in Lopox ends with cruelty proved but adultery unresolved. judicial separation granted with further decision adjourned.
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Tue Hague
Germany
Pole
Anandos Pole
Ncmig
Rupert Cecil Craven
Earl of Craven
Havana's Yellow Fever Record in Havana
Havana reports 13 yellow fever cases this year with five deaths and eight recoveries. Fatalities included a mariner, a sailor, a soldier, and two civilians. one death occurred aboard a harbor ship. Currently no active cases remain in Havana.
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Havana
Amherst College elects Prof. George Harris president
Amherst trustees announced the election of Prof. George Harris of Andover as president of Amherst College. The appointment was disclosed on June 28 in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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Amherst
Mass
Amherst College
George Harris
Andover
Otis Opens Ports Amid Aggressive Philippine Skirmishes
Major General Otis ordered the opening of key Luzon ports San Fernando Aparri Carimea and all ports in Samar and Leyte to trade after months of blockade. Ships rushed to obtain clear papers while hemp prospects rise and rations ease. A rumor of Aguinaldo’s assassination circulated but found little credence in Manila.
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Manina
Otis
San Fernando
Luzon
Aparri
Carimea
Samar
Leyte
Interisland
Aguinaldo
Pio del Pilar
General Luna
Luna
Manila
Pampamga
Aguinaluo
Hobbe
Otder
Filpino
Philippines
Enlistment plan eyed to keep Philippine volunteers
Washington reports that a large portion of volunteers may re enlist if they can visit home. Otis seeks four skeleton regiments and a 30,000 man force on Luzon with furloughs to the United States for at least four months. Medical warnings of higher disability this rainy season prompt continued U.S. recruitment efforts.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Philippines
Manila
Otis
McKinley
Alger
General Otis
Department
San Francisco
Colonial Dames Suit Sees Testimony Refute by Denials
Hearing in New York over the Colonial Dames title stretched as witnesses from the National and Rhode Island societies testified. Colonel Bartlett offered rebuttal remarks naming Mrs Gardiner wife of the district attorney, provoking heated exchanges with Mrs Jones and others as court officers struggled to maintain order.
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New York
Colonial Dames
Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Gardiner
Contested Delegations for 1900 Democratic Convention
Theodore Nelson travels to New York to align Tammany leaders on the 1900 Democratic National Convention. Reports say New York and Illinois could control the convention if they unite. Former Governor Altgeld aims for a contesting delegation, with Elliott Danforth signaling New York. Contenders include Chicago Saint Louis Kansas City Louisville Cincinnati and Buffalo.
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New York
Illinois
Cniiaco
Theodore Nelson
Democratic State Central
Tammany
Ilinois
Altgeld
Elliott Danforth
Louisville
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Riot at Alabama ore mines leaves three dead
A race riot erupted between white and black miners near Cardiff in Jefferson County Alabama. Ed Ellis Jim Dill and Adams Samuels were killed while Rudolph Williams and George Thomas were mortally wounded. The clash began after an assault on Mrs Monroe Jones by John Shepard prompted black workers to arm themselves. Sheriff O Brien left Birwineuan with 100 armed men to restore order.
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Birwineuan
Ala
Cardiff
Jefferson County
Ed Ellis
Jim Dill
Adams Samuels
Rudolph Williams
George Thomas
John Shepard
Monroe Jones
Corona
O’brien
Thurston Denies VP Candidacy and Public Office Hope
WasuIndon June 2s Senator Thurston of Nebraska declared he will not seek the vice presidency or any other public office. He said his sole ambition is to return to his legal practice at the end of his term and would resign now if a Republican successor could fill his seat.
Goebel Nominated For Governor On Twenty-Sixth Ballot
In Louisville on June 23 William Goebel won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination on the twenty sixth ballot as Goebel forces pressed the opposition. The convention endured repeated roll calls while a sine die adjournment was avoided. After the final vote the scene eased with speeches urging unity to win. Grain-O advertised as a coffee substitute concludes the page.
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Kentucky
Louisville
William Goebel
Goebel
Hardin
Wheeler
Tarvin
Americans Expelled After Imprisonment and Sentry Killing
A Pears case story from New Orleans notes Frans Pears killed by a sentry in San Pedro Honduras on January 31. His brother Jon B Pears accuses US Minister Munter of inaction and plans to push the case in Washington. Honduras authorities blocked body disinterment. $10,000 indemnity claimed. arbitration rejected.
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New OgLeass
Jon
B. B. Pears
Frans Pears
San Pedro
Spanish Honduras
United Sates
New Orleans
United States
Munter
Pears
Washington
Pears Wis
Hingt
Dune
Defends Minister Hunter in Guatemala Gold Claim Case
New Orleans report says B Richards and W B Harris, U S citizens, were expelled from Guatemala after claiming a Zavapa gold mine. They say troops pursued them on June 11, Richards was jailed in Zacapa, later dragged by rope to Port Barrios, and imprisoned briefly without food. Harris remained with him. Richards previously worked on Guatemala Central railroad and angered authorities by aiding American mining claimants.
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New Orleans
B. Richards
W. B. Harris
Guatemala
Zavapa
Zacaps
Richards
Zacapa
Tithy
Hunter
Port Barrios
Harris
Guatemala Central Railroad
Kansas City
Alaskan boundary talks muddled in Canadian counter offer
Washington June 23 reports say Ambassador Choate has not announced results from the Salisbury conference on a modus vivendi for the Alaskan boundary. Canada proposed a radical shift in the line, risking transfer of mining claims to Canadian control, making a firm agreement unlikely. If demands stay unchanged, progress toward a joint commission may vanish.
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Washington
Ambasador Choate
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Choate
Roosevelt Visits Milwaukee for Carnival Parade
Governor Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Milwaukee escorted by the Milwaukee Carnival association, viewed decorations at the carnival court of honor, dined with directors, and rode in the floral parade before departing by special train. He urged support for the government’s Philippines policy as he travelled through Iowa and Illinois.
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Mirwaters
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Milwaukee Carnival Association
Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Honer
Iowa
Illinois
Philippines
Pingree's Schemes Delayed by Detroit Common Council
Detroit common council tabled two ordinances on municipal ownership and operation of street railways, delaying Governor Pingree and associates. Unanimous votes left these measures in the air, making a public debate unlikely in the near term.
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Dersvill
Pingree
Detroit
Common Council
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