Sweden's Great Fair Opens With Pan Scandinavian Scope
A Berlin dispatch describes Sweden's upcoming Stockholm exposition featuring Sweden Norway Denmark and Finland with an international art exhibit and a grand royal setting in Djurgarden. The plan includes 8500 exhibitors from Sweden and 800 from Norway plus special trains from Berlin and major buildings like the enormous wooden industrial hall and marble like art temple. The event promises extensive tours across Sweden including coastal routes and Dalecarlia's rural charm while celebrating King Oscar II's reign with a September jubilee.
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Berlin
Europe
Stockholm
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
Royal Park
Djurgarden
Elut
William II
Chicago
New York
Prussia
Ruegan
Sannitz
Baltic
Trelleborg
International Press Congress
Oscar
Drottingholm
Express Torpedo Boat to Reach 33 Knots for Royal Navy
British shipyards at Birkenhead build the Express torpedo boat for the English government. The 350 ton craft aims for 33 knots with 10 000 indicated horsepower, mounts a 12 pounder gun five six and three pounders, two Whitehead torpedoes and a ram. Engine design reduces moving parts to save space and crew stay sheltered yet can endure rough seas.
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Admiral Porter
United States
Laird Brothers
Birkenhead
England
Queer Darlington Barter Sparks Free Service Feud
In Darlington Indiana Rev A N Cave, newly admitted to the Montgomery county bar, announced he would offer free legal services to the needy. Village lawyer Sam S Martin responded by advertising that he will preach for free to any congregation, prompting a peculiar public dispute.
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Darlington
Ind
A. N. Cave
Montgomery County
Sam
Martin
Had Plenty of Her Own Mistress in Tit Bits Snippet
A fragment from Tit-Bits quotes a maid and ladies discussing calling etiquette. The maid claims the mistress has plenty of her own and better, countering guests who wanted to leave cards with deference.
Objection Over Golf Stockings Sparks Sisterly Teasing
An elder sister heckles Cholly for wearing the latest golf stockings said to be slim and stylish, prompting humorous dialogue about fashion and propriety in Chicago.
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Cholly
Chicago Tribune
Memorial Day Observed Across Washington and Midwest
Memorial Day observances were held nationwide with ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery and other cemeteries. In Washington a full day of parades and services featured President McKinley, vocal tributes, and remarks by Rep. Dolliver, followed by music and poems. Similar commemorations occurred in Chicago, Springfield, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Marquette with veterans, parades, and educational displays. In Marquette, Richard Palmer fatally stabbed Alexander Boulton after being refused employment.
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Washington
Senate
House
National Cemetery
Arlington
Virginia
Potomac
Robert H. Lee
Sheridan
Admiral Vorter
Mobile
Harney
Ricketts
McKinley
Fourth Artillery
Marine Band
Thomas S. Hopkins
W. H. Black
Webster Davis
Legion of Loyal Women
Congressional Cemetery
Farragut
Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Forest Home
Waldheim
Concordia
Springfield
Ill
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Lincoln
Grand Army and
Sons of Veterans
St. Louis
Jefferson Barracks
Cincinnati
Fourth Street
Marquette
Mich
Richard Palmer
Alexander Boulton
Newberry
Luce County
Boulton
Palmer
Death from Exposure Near Primghar Farmer Dies in Mill Creek
I. P. Frey a farmer from Sioux City died on the Mill Creek bank near Primghar due to cold and exposure. The death occurred June 1 as harsh conditions claimed another life in the region.
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Sioux City
I’. D. Frey
Mill Creek
Primghar
Reverend L M Pease Dies in Asheville At 79
Rev L M Pease founder of the Five Points mission in New York in 1850 died in Asheville North Carolina Sunday night aged 79 He spent his life in philanthropy and founded schools for white and colored children after moving to Asheville in 1870 Black Plague Napges. Tacoma reports over 200 Formosa plague cases in early May from China.
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L. M. Pease
Asheville
N. C
Five Points
New York City
Tacoma
Wash
China
Formosa
Earthquake Shakes Several Cities Across East and South
A series of distinct tremors hit multiple states from Ohio to Georgia and Tennessee. Reports place the strongest activity in the Appalachian region with shocks lasting under a minute. Knoxville and Winston reported multiple shocks amid light damage and widespread alarm.
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Ohio
National Capital
Washington
South Atlantic
Middle Southern
Weather Bureau
Savannah
Maryland
Knoxville
Tenn
Appalachian Mountain
Cincinnati
Times-Star
Coney Island
Chester Park
Zoological Gardens
Lagoon
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Virginia
Knox Ville
Zanesville
Courier
Winston
N. C
Atlanta
Secretary Gage Urges Prompt Tariff Bill and Currency Reform
Secretary Gage, returning from Cincinnati where he spoke at a Commercial Club banquet, said impatience over tariff delay grips the nation as business stagnation nears. He advocated a currency commission to study reform and present a plan to Congress, with hearings during recess and swift initiatory action.
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Washington
Gage
Cincinnati
Commercial Club
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Wie
Jage
Congress
Minors Barred From Post Office Top Jobs
Washington May 81 The post office department fixes policy barring minors from chief clerkships and deputy postmasterships with limited exceptions only in some third class offices. They cannot act as postmasters due to voidable contracts by minors. Bud Franks a horse trader in San Antonio killed his wife and then himself after a drunken spree. Capt Thomas A Boyd former Peoria congressman died at his Lewistown home.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Win
San Antonio
Tex
Bud" Tvranks
Franks
Boyd Dend
Peoria
Thomas A. Boyd
Lewistown
National Republican League sets Detroit convention dates
President D. D. Woodmansee and Secretary M. J. Dow ing call the tenth annual National Republican League convention in Detroit on July 13. Each state and territorial league earns four delegates per congressional district and six delegates at large.
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Detroit
Cincinnati
D. D. Woodmansee
M. J. Dowing
National Republican League
Runaway Team Crashes Near Cedar Rapids Fatality
Mrs. Robert Tuttle of Palo was thrown from a wagon by a runaway team in Cedar Rapids county. The wheels passed over her head, causing injuries that led to her death.
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Satal Roamsaway
Cedar Rapids
Robert Tuttle
Palo
Gage Speaks at Cincinnati Club Banquet
Secretary Gage told commercial club members that tariff and public finances dominate the agenda and urged patience as Congress works toward revenue reform and a sound currency. He forecast an early tariff outcome and pledged assurance on financial reforms while praising bipartisan efforts.
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Treasury
Theattire
Cincinnati
Clifton Mansion
Alexander McDonald
Cincinnati Club
Lucien Wulsin
Jerome Jones
Boston
Glessner
Chicago
West
St. Lowis Club
Gage
Iisten
Congress
Elihu Thompson
Franklin MacVeagh
St. Louis
Canonization of Zaccaria at St Peters in Rome
Rome May 28 The canonization of Blessed Zaccaria founder of the Barnabites and of Blessed Fourier de Mataincour dubbed Apostle of Lorraine was the most impressive ceremony at St Peters since the pope's temporal power ended. External gates closed and cathedral tickets issued. Nighttime prand illumination of St Peters facade and other churches drew huge crowds. Bells rang across Rome.
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Zaccaria
Rome
Order of
Barnabites
Fourier de Mataincour
Apostle of
Lorraine
St. Peter’s
A Southern Tragedy in Oakman Town Hall Shootout
In Oakman Walker county five men die after a desperate afternoon shooting. Mayor Isaac Appling thirty? No. Isaac Appling aged 60 led a business, Charles Williams thirty, a machinist died by Williams firing. Andrew Richards clerk of Appling Brothers shot in head will die. Montgomery Appling brother wounded. William Duncan Englishman shot in head and back will die. The killings stemmed from Williams being ordered out of the Appling Brothers store.
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Birmingham
Ala
Oakman
Walker County
Tive
Isaac Appling
Charles Williams
Andrew Richards
Appling Brothers
Montgomery Appling
Mayor Appling
William Duncan
Will
Appling
Duncan
Richards
Williams
Montgomery
Irish Members Suspended for Harbors Bill Debate
Four Irish members were disciplined in the house of commons for raising the issue of overtaxation during the harbor maintenance bill debate. John E. Redmond faced the heaviest punishment with a suspension vote of 228 to 82. Also removed were John J. Clancy William Redmond and Patrick Field by the sergeant at arms on orders from the chairman.
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London
House of Commons
John EH. Redmond
John J. Clancy
Dublin
William Redmond
West Clare
Patrick Field
St. Patricck’s
Trade Improves Amid Slow Recovery Says Dun and Bradstreet
R G Dun and Co reports that overall business activity shows slow but steady improvement. May outpaced April with a larger wheat crop, higher western receipts, and increased Atlantic exports, while cotton and iron trade remain mixed. Bradstreet notes disappointing spring staples and quiet central regions, but some gains in wool, shoes, lumber, and western markets.
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Dun
Gaim
Cradstreet
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Washington
Atlantic
Wberal
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Central
Western
Savannah
Memphis
St. Louis
Omaha
Sioux Tails
Minneapols
St. Paul
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Pacific Coast
Portland
Trains Collide in Deadly Idaho wreck near American Falls
A westbound passenger train and an eastbound freight collided at American Falls Idaho killing nine and injuring nine more with two of the injured expected to die. The crash occurred as the freight galloped down a hill at 60 miles per hour shattering the station and crushing the engines.
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American Falls
Idaho
Pocatello
Here
C. W. Shields
D. L. Thompson
Dayton
Wash
John R. Cooper
Wellsville
Utah
J. Steffen
Dillon
Mont
Sheap
George Moore
Dick Cosgrove
C. E. Heckman
William Connelly
Great Barrington
Mass
G. W. Brennan
F. D. Springer
John Bergan
John Peters
Banker Sentenced to Ten Years in Ohio Penitentiary
John F. Johnson former president and cashier of the State National Bank of Logansport was sentenced by Judge Baker in Indianapolis to ten years in the Ohio state penitentiary. With good time, he faces about seven years. He pled guilty to indictments charging bank wrecking spanning sections of the national banking law.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John F. Johnson
State National Bank of
Logansport
Ohio State Penitentiary
Baker
United States Court For
District of Indiana
Johnson
Tailors Move Toward Settlement Amid Big New York Strike
May 27 report indicates the strike by garment makers is waning as 30 of 100 contractors settle with the United Brotherhood of Tailors. The firms employ over 3,000 workers who resume today, cutting strikers to about 22,000.
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New York
United Brotherhood of Tailors
Sunday baseball ban nets fine for Paducah Terre Haute trio
In Iducah Kentucky on May 27 legal action against Paducah and Terre Haute players and Umpire Bolen concluded with fines of two dollars each for Sunday playing.
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Iducah
Paducah
Terre Haute
Bolen
Rio Grande Flood Hits El Paso and Juarez
Rio Grande flood swells through El Paso after the Stanton street levee breaks. Hundreds of families flood seeking shelter as workers rush to build new barriers on Fourth and Sixth streets. Juarez also raises defenses to protect the international bridge and levee. The city reports about 500 homeless and widespread hardship.
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Rio Grande
el Paso
Tex
Stanton Street
Texas & Pacific Railway
Sixth Street
Juarez
el Paso Street
Magoffin
Fourth Street
Santa Fe
Tago Street
Second Street
Peace Talks Favor Greece as Thessaly Issue Clarifies
London reports indicate peace negotiations tilt toward Greece. England's stance removes Turkish plans to occupy Thessaly and rejects capitulations and extradition talks. Powers set an indemnity cap at 6 million pounds and seek frontier changes without Turkish rule over inhabited areas.
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London
Greece
Athens
Times
Turkey
Thessaly
England
Frankfort Zeitung
Constantinople
Muravieff
St. Petersburg
Europe
Daily Mail
Porte
Reverend Harrison Disappears Amid Church Fund Losses
Washington May 27 Reverend A G Harrison pastor of the People’s Tabernacle and his family vanished from their home Tuesday. He allegedly has nine thousand dollars missing from church funds and failed to pay bills for furniture carpets and a church organ. Builder W L Bruen suffers a seven thousand dollar loss as the investigation looms. Harrison, who came from Texas three years ago for mission work, left hurriedly as the church prepared to probe the finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. G. Harrison
People’s Tabernacle
W. L. Bruen
Tabernacle
Harrison
Texas
Booth Tucker Found Guilty in West Fourteenth Street Case
Frederick de la Tour Booth Tucker commander of the Salvation Army in the United States was convicted of maintaining a disorderly house at the Salvation Army barracks on West Fourteenth Street New York. Sentence was postponed to June 8 and he was released on the same bail. Residents alleged loud singing and all night band music disturbed the neighborhood.
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Hooth-Tucker
New York
Frederick de la Tour Booth-Tucker
Salvation Army
United States
Big Army
West Fourteenth Street
Booth
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Venice
Dalecarlia
King Oscar OF
Wolf von Schierbrand
Postal Department
Sultan
Angell
Frank B. Angell
Michigan
The
Sun
Mustapha Bey
Sherman
Dr. Angell
EL Paso, Tex
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