Crisis in Hawaii Prompts Talk of Revolution
A May 5 letter from Honolulu to Moran warns of a Bloody Revolution if the Senate rejects Cleveland's policy to restore the 1892 status in Hawaii. It notes Hanawaians seek fair play, with Chinese and Japanese organizing to restore the queen if the Senate acts against U S policy. The provisional government rows toward retirement after a mass meeting planned to denounce the constitution convention and so-called mock republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Congress
Hawaii
C C Moran
RK. L. Wilcox
Honolulu
Cleveland
Senate
United States
M. Damon
Samuel Parker
United States Senate
Grand Army Sensation over Union Graves Fund Misuse
Milwaukee May 8 Department Commander Watrous of Wisconsin G A R says funds sent to Virginia to decorate Union soldiers graves near southern battlefields have not all been used as intended. He notes that much of the money received by the Richmond post has reportedly financed a memorial hall in Richmond.
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Milwaukee
Department
Watrous
Wisconsin
Richmond
City of
Shooting Affray Kills Man in Ithaca Wisconsin
In Ithaca Richland Center Wisconsin on May 8 Stephen Schmitz was shot dead and John Sullivan and John Dedrich seriously wounded by Charles and Fred Hodges who claimed Sullivan slandered their sister Schmitz and Dedrich intervened Hodges jailed in Richland Center.
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Ithaca
Richland Center
Wis
Stephen Schmitz
John Sullivan
John Dedrich
Charles
Fred Hodges
Sullivan
Schmitz
Dedrich
Hodges
Croker Plans Resignation From Tammany Hall
May 8 report states Chief Croker will quit as head of Tammany and resume authority, a move told to leading New York congressmen in a telegram from Croker himself.
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Croker
HinGrox
Tammany Ias
New York
Congress
Earthquake Shocks Thebes Atalanta And Livadia
A severe earthquake shock was felt at 6 am in Thebes Atalanta Livadia. The tremor was slightly felt in Athens and the island of Euboea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinus
Athens
Thebes
Atalanta
Livadia
Euboea
May Strike Again on the Great Northern Road
Rumors of further trouble on the Great Northern prompt the general grievance committee to convene in St Paul. The dispute centers on a recent order by the general manager suspending employees who deserted engines or committed acts risking loss and damage during the current strike.
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Great Northern
St. Paul
Court declares horse race pool betting illegal under New York law
The New York Court of Common Pleas rules that pool selling at a horse race is a lottery and thus void under article 1 section 14 of the state constitution. Bookmaking on horse races remains illegal under revised statutes prohibiting bets on any race or unknown event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
White Earth Lands Offer Homes for Five Thousand Families
Up wards of 1 000 000 acres of the Red Lake Indian reservation lands have been surveyed and appraised and are ready for market. Five hundred thousand acres are premier agricultural and meadow lands well watered and timbered. The agricultural portion will be open to homestead entry and provide homes to over 5 000 settlers.
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Waite Earth
Minn
Red Lake Indian Reservation
Secretary of the Interior
Big Cleveland Convention to Gather 2000 Operators
In Columbus Ohio on May 8 John McBride urged Calvin Morris of Cleveland to arrange for at least 2000 operators miners and visitors at the Cleveland Meeting to settle the mining question. It will be the largest gathering of its kind in the country. Stillwater Street Railway Sold in Auction in Minnesota. A bid sequence from 10 000 to 69 254 settled the road s debt and sale to Judge Netheway s trustee Allen G Curtis. Receiver Hewitt to be discharged and railway to continue under new owners.
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Cleveland
CoLumbus
John McBride
Calvin Morris
Stillwater Street Railway
Stillwater
Minn
Marty
A. T. Jenks
Netheway
Allen G. Curtis
Hewitt
Torpedo on Northern Pacific track halts freight
In Tacoma on May 8 a mob placed a torpedo on the Northern Pacific line a mile and a half east of Easton stopping an east bound freight. Over 100 men boarded the train and the engineer backed it into Easton to sidetrack. Deputy marshals head from Stampede toward Euston to eject the group.
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Tacoma
Wash
Northern Pacific
Easton
Stampede
Euston
Bank President Jailed In Embezzlement Case
San Francisco May 8 R H Mac Donald Jr president of the Pacific bank and the People s Home Savings Bank is jailed on a grand jury indictment for embezzling 20000 from the Pacific bank. He could not post 1600 bail.
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San Francisco
R. H. MacDonald, Jr
Pacific Bank
People’s Home Savings Bank
Sargent Issues Call for Locomotive Firemen Meeting
Terre Haute Indiana May 8 The executive committee and board of trustees of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen will meet there next Wednesday at the call of Grand Master Sargent The Chicago and Eastern Illinois wage controversy will be the board's main issue amid Sargent's vote against a strike despite a near unanimous firemen vote to strike Also included in the reports are boxing and a suicide in New York with a wealthier individual leaping from a fourth story window.
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Sargent
Terre Haute
Ind
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Chicago and
Eastern Illinois
New York
Max Mayer
Bry Goods
Selma
Ala
Bloomingdale Asylum
Graham Hotel
Hail Storm Wrecks Crops as Arcola Reports Damages
Growing crops were damaged by the worst hail storm to strike the area in years. The storm hit Arcola Illinois as a special telegram from St. Louis noted the extensive agricultural losses. In Madison Wisconsin on May 8 the Cadwallader case jury disclosed it could not reach a verdict against ex banker A A Cadwallader of West Superior.
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St. Louis
Republic
Arcola
Ills
Saga
Ayres
Madison
Wis
A. A. Cadwallader
West Superior
Various International and Domestic News Briefs
Avirew Biewit appointed surveyor general of North Dakota. Denver hosts annual Hotel association convention. State National Bank of Wichita closed its doors. Archbishop Zrdu leaves St Cloud for Bohemia. Andrew Carnegie visits Backhurst Sussex. Last polio patients to leave St Paul quarantine soon. New York New Jersey bridge bill advances in House. U S consul general Berlin ill with influenza. Ericsson torpedo boat to be launched May 12. Freight rate cuts raised from 8 to 25 cents fifth class Chicago to Denver. Brooklyn cashier Lohman sentenced to Sing Sing. Egyptian council funds Cairo museum building. Governor Waite to speak in Cheyenne and campaign in Oregon. Bayard and wife to visit Dublin after London stay. Mobile and Ohio engineers accept wage cut effective May 8. Pavolette wrecked en route to St Pierre. passengers rescued. Ponitiver expedition defeats Kabarega’s forces in Uganda. American and English visitors in Orleans for Joan of Arc centennial. Grain stocks show declines in wheat, corn, rye. oats rise. Rep. Griffin seeks aid for total deafness. Lamp lighter not starting in Brooklyn handicap. Scotland experiences cold wave and snow. Gen. Hopkins renominated at Geneva, Illinois. New York sheriff becomes salaried office. Southern Wisconsin Endeavor Union meets in Beloit. Frank Hatton’s will leaves Washington Post ownership to wife. Salvador enforces press censorship. Vienna May Day rioters sentenced. Dixon Edgerton set for bout. De Witt C Creiger appointed Indian supplies warehouse superintendent. British ship Senegal overdue with fears for safety. May 8 Nanaimo fire destroys power works. firefighters hurt.
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State National Bank of
Wichita
Kan
Zrd
St.Cloud
Bohemia
Andrew Carnegie
Backhurst
Whittingham
Sussex
St. Paul
New York and
New Jersey
United Stes
Berlin
William Hyden Edwards
Cairo
Chizes
Waite
Cheyenne
Oregon
Thomas F. Bayard
Rmain
Pavolette
France
St. Pierre
Zanzibar
Mengo
Uganda
Geneva
Ills
A. J. Hopkins
Flower
New York
Southern Wisconsin Christian Endeavor Union
Beloit
Frank Hatton
Washington Post
Lizzie S. Hatton
Salvador
Vienna
George Dixon
Walter Edgerton
Smith
de Witt C. Creiger
Chicago
San Diego
Tacoma
Sheep War Sparks Slaughter Of Reed Herd In Colorado
In Grand Junction Colorado on May 3 reports say the Utah Colorado sheep war has flared and serious trouble looms. J F Reed's herd of sheep was slaughtered by Colorado cattlemen, gunfire heard, and Reed is missing with fears he may be dead.
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Colorado
Grand Junction
Colo
J. F. Reed
Reed
Leading Entertainers Impress Mitchell Audiences
An all-star local program review lauds Mrs. Mandesils Nichols and Miss Emma Harker for flawless classical selections and moving performances. The Mandolin Club, Miss Coleman, Miss Silsby, and others receive praise for engaging numbers and strong vocal range, with audiences granting multiple encores.
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Mitchell
Mandesils
Nichols
Emma Harker
Mendelssohn
Rubenstein
Gottschalk
Beethoven
Pad
Miss Harker
Jack
Aux Italiens
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R. L. Wilcox
Grand Army
Sensatio
Talmage
Brooklyn
T. de Witt Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Schieren
Waterford
White Earth
Do.uth
Jack Curtis
West Duluth
Jack Ryan
Omaha
Ryan
Curtis
Wisconsin Point
State Line
Avirew Biewit
Noda Dakota
Tut Uniteu Siste
Denver
Orleans
Griffin
Michigan
Walbaum
Scotland
Victoria
Naniamo
Electric Light and Power Works
Craig Carriage Factory
City Bridge
Hardy Eastmaan
West Virginia
Huntington
W. V
Central City
Here
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Pau
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Armour Chronicle
Geo. A. Johnston
George
Foster
Yankton Reservation
Mitchell Printing Co
Mitchell, S. D
Saratoga
Presbyterian General Assembly
Clark and
12Th Street
City
Clark Street
Dr. Sawyer
L. O. Gale
Sioux Falls
Alpena Journal
Pettigrew
Gaon Hore
Santa Claus
Claus
N. K. Fairbane & CO
Kth
Goris
Vnl
Sweeney
U.S.A
Cal
Bays
Shiloh
S. H. Scallin
O. Gale
Nruggist
Bkseller
George E. Locan Furniture CO
South Dakota
South Oak
National
BANK
U.S
G. Davison
Eeelaene
Quigley
L. Davison
Ncgosnior
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