President Carries Mrs McKinley to San Francisco for Rest
President McKinley moved his wife to San Francisco for rest after a sudden illness. A special train carried Mrs McKinley and accompanying officials from Del Monte to the Scott residence, where she would receive quiet and a specialist if needed. Doctor Rixey said her condition was not serious and rest should restore her health.
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San Francisco
McKinley
Southern Pacific
Valencia Street
Rixey
Pajaro
Santa Cruz
San Jose
Gov Yates Approves 77 Bills From Illinois Assembly
Springfield May 13 Gov Yates returned to the secretary of state with his approval 77 bills passed by the Forty second Illinois general assembly Acquitted Cambridge Mass May 13 Prof Charles R B Eastman Harvard College was acquitted Saturday of the murder of Richard Grogan Jr his brother in law The jury was out only a few hours The accused grew faint under denunciation by Attorney General Knowles Women Allowed Membership Denver May 13 The American Federation of Musicians now in convention here sustained the presidents ruling that local unions may not bar women from membership
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Springfield
Ill
Yates
Secretary of State
Forty-second General Assembly
Acquittted
Cambridge
Mass
Charles RB. Eastman
Harvard College
Richard Grogan, Jr
Knowles
Denver
Col
American Federation of Musicians
Mail row with Turkey edges toward possible conflict
Constantinople May 13 diplomats warn of war talk as Sir Nicholas O'Connor and other ambassadors clash with the Porte over post office control. The Turkish regime defends censorship while foreign envoys protest seizures of mail bags and accuse the Porte of breaching international law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Nicholas O’connor
Porte
Count von Marshall
Young Turkey Party
Abdul Hamid
Signor
A. Pausa
M. Constans
France
Baron von Calice
Austria-Hungary
M. Sinowyev
Russia
Arrest of New Orleans Teller Over $40,000 Package
Samuel Flower, a paying teller at Hibernia National Bank, was arrested by U S Marshal Fonteliou on a $36,000 shortage charge. Bonded by Fidelity and Deposit Co of Baltimore for $25,000, Flower allegedly sent a government sealed package intended to contain $40,000 to another bank, traded it for $40,000 in five thousand dollar clearing house certificates, and later swapped them back while retaining a $40,000 appearance. The March package from the subtreasury held $4,000 in one dollar bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Samuel Flower
Hibernia National Bank
United States
Fontelieu
Fidelity & Deposit Company
Baltimore
Flower
National Bank
Hiberia National Bank
Hamburg America expands with Atlas Steamship purchase
New York May 13 Hamburg American line acquires Atlas Steamship line adding seven ships and 13000 tons of new capacity. Atlas routes to Jamaica Haiti and Central America will fly the German flag as the world’s largest line totals 630000 tons across 120 vessels in 30 services. Estimated cash payment four to five million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albert Ballin
Hamburg-American Steamship Line
Hamburg-American Line
Atlas Steamship Line
Jamaica
Haiti
Central America
Atlas Line
Atlas
Altas
Alps
Athos
Alghany
Adirondack
Andes
Alene
Stock Panic Lashes Wall Street Amid Broad Trade Stable View
Purely a stock panic grips New York with no general business disruption expected. Bradstreet’s notes wheat coal and iron markets largely steady while grain speculation slows due to stock focus. Dun & Co. says panic does not cripple overall trade and confirms strong merchant activity and steady prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreet's
Seys Guest
New York Stock Exchange
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Wall Street
Pittsburgh
Bar Tron
United States
Canada
Riot in Detroit as 10000 march, clash with police
DETROIT May 11 10000 men and boys rioted through main streets for over three hours. Ten civilians and five officers injured as a crowd followed a wagon of Tom Bawden a single tax speaker who provoked police action. Police used mounted and foot units to disperse the mob.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank T. Andrews
Police Board
Tom” Bawden
Bawden
Andrews
Cloudburst Floods West Virginia Towns Tied to Wheeling Rain
A cloud burst east of Wheeling on Friday night swelled Peter s Chapel s and Wood s runs draining into Wheeling creek. Trains stalled on B&O lines at Triadelphia and Greggsville reports unconfirmed drownings. Between Greggsville and Leatherwood a ten foot wall of water swept away bridges and outhouses. 11 inches of rain fell in 40 minutes in Wheeling.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Peter’s
Chapel
Wood
Wheeling Creek
Triadelphia
Baltimore & Ohio
Greggsville
Attie
Leatherwood
Wisconsin senate kills four wide ranging bills
Madison May 10 four bills of wide importance were killed in the senate including the Rossman bill allowing poor selling on horse races the Overbeck bill proposing a ten cent per ton tax on ice shipped from the state the Galaway bill to bar double header trains and the Dahl bill to adopt the Torrens land registration system. England and Wales census shows population 32 525 716 an increase of 12 15 percent in the last decade.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
England and Wales
London
Boiler Explosion Hits Sawmill in Pendleton County
A boiler exploded at a sawmill near Glade Farm in Pendleton County West Virginia. Owner Edward Thompson and Frank Frances were killed. Frank Thompson, William Barthlow, and William Loom were seriously injured.
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Cumberland, Md
Glade Farm
Pendleton County
W. Va
Edward Thompson
Frank Frances
Frank Thompson
William Barthlow
William Loomis
DONS ROPES OF RANK AT CATHEDRAL CEREMONY
Sebastian Martinelli the titular archbishop of Eph esus and cardinal-elect of the church of Tome received the red biretta and donned robes marking his rank from Cardinal Gibbons in a lavish ceremony at the cathedral. Attendees included diplomats legislators educators journalists and clergy with Mass by Cardinal Martinelli and a sermon by Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia.
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Baltimore
Sebastian Martinelli
Ephesus
Tors
Martinelli
Ryan
Philadelphia
China Opens Doors to Foreign Trade Under Global Support
Washington reports broad support for opening China to foreign trade with officials including the empress dowager amid a council of state. China may back indemnity demands of 450 million taels, likely paid via customs tariff, in exchange for abolition of likin and gold-based duties and freer navigation.
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Washington
China
United States
Russia
Manchuria
Peking
Indemnity Claim to Be Presented to Chinese Plenipotentiaries
Report from Peking on May 10 states an indemnity claim of 450 million taels will be presented to Chinese plenipotentiaries. Officials debate methods to raise funds with loans or nonloan plans and aim to reduce the demand, with a provisional plan for 20 million annual increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Empire
Chang Chi Tung
Five Perished As Bon Voyage Burns At Portage Beach
The steamer Bon Voyage of the White line burning near the Portage ship canal resulted in five deaths from the Altman family of Laurium. Grandmother, mother, and three daughters drowned while another daughter survived by clinging to a fender.
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Houghton
Mich
White Line
Duluth
Portage Ship Canal
Altman
Laurium
Supreme Court Upholds Electric Chair Law
Boston on May 8 reports the supreme court upheld the constitutionality of the electric chair in capital cases. Luigi Storti, condemned for killing Michael Calucci, faces execution the week beginning May 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Supreme Court
Luigi Storti
Michael Calucci
Storti
Nation leaves county jail after bond reduced to 100 dollars
Wichita residents report Carrie Nation is released from the county jail after her brother J. W. Noore of Kansas City persuades her to leave. Judge Dale lowers the bond to 100 dollars, which her brother posts in cash.
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Wichita
Kan
J. W. Noore
Kansas City
Carrie Nation
Memorial Day Address Urges Reverence and Duty
Commander M. B. Davis and Adjt. Gen. George A. Newman issue a grand army order urging grave decorations on Memorial Day. They call for all shops to close and flags at half mast, with children taught patriotism through honoring the dead and learning history at tombs of heroes.
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M. B. Davis
Adjt
George A. Newman
Women’s Relief Corps
Sons of Veterans
Iowa National Guards
Spanish War Veterans
Four agricultural leaders visit Des Moines on inspection tour
Capt J S McDowell F D Coburn J B Nichols and Prof H M Cottrell of Kansas State Agricultural College traveled from Ames to Des Moines on a westward inspection tour. Coburn praised Iowa State College's livestock and animal husbandry program and said Kansas aims to match Iowa's college.
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United States
Des Moines
Ames
Manhattan
Kaw
J. S. McDowell
Board of Regents
Kansas State Agricultural College
F. D. Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
College
J. BR. Nichols
H. M. Cottrell
Copurn
Iowa State College
Beardshear
Iowa
Kansas
Iowa College
Clay County Forms Oil and Mineral Company
Clay county residents form the Clay County Oil and Mineral Company with 100000 dollars capital to explore petroleum natural gas artesian water coal and minerals. Incorporators include William A. Dawley Clarence E. Conklin Houghton Jr Collins Norval G. Whisler Silas L. Truman Albert W. Greene Henry C. Harvey Nathan C. Harvey C A B Newton Frans Barglof Alexander Younger George L. Harvey and Byron Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay County
Calvin
Iowa
Library Training Summer School in Iowa City 1901
The Iowa library commission and the Iowa State University plan a summer session in library training at Iowa City from June 17 to July 27, 1901. The course targets librarians of small libraries, assistants in larger libraries, and those appointed to library positions seeking preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Library Commission
Iowa State University
Iowa City
The
State University
Armour & Co Buys Sioux City Packing Plant
Armour and Company have acquired the former International Packing plant in Sioux City and will take immediate possession. The facility has a 500 cattle, 3,250 hog, and 1,000 sheep capacity. It was built by the Silberhorn family at a $400,000 cost and recently belonged to the Sioux City Stock Yards company. The German emperor has allocated 100,000 marks for education of boys no longer under parental care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour & Co
Old International Packing Company
Sioux City
Titus scales Great Wall hero of Peking siege
Minister Conger lauds Titus for scaling the outer wall of Peking to bring relief to foreigners inside. He carried a flag and sparked cheers as American and allied troops gained the wall, securing it amid heavy fire from Chinese soldiers. The feat is called one of the bravest and most hazardous witnessed during the siege.
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Vinton
Conger
Pearl Calvin
Titus
Peking
United States
Attorney General Opinion on Music Teaching Exams and Normal School Funds
Attorney General Mullan writes two opinions. One holds that special vocal music teachers exempt from county superintendent exams if they are in charge of such schools. The other opinion says the state normal school cannot divert tuition and fees to erect or equip a new building with the $100,000 appropriation, deeming the funds as contingent only for repairs and not for building enlargement or heating plant expansion.
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Odd Fellows
Mason City
Rebekah
Iowa
Mullan
Barrett
Chris Miller
Fayette County
State Normal School
Sad Homecoming After Nine Years Away Ends in Mourning
Eri Bixby, a 26 year old former Boer War veteran who sailed around the world and served in the British army, returns toward his parents in Cushing after nine years with no contact. A stop in Sioux City reveals his mother died three weeks earlier, turning his anticipated joyous reunion into sorrow. Bixby lost a right arm in battle. In a separate note Rev Amos Smith of Stuart marries Mrs Mollie Brown of Brightwood Indiana after delays from illness, snow, and quarantine.
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Eri Bixby
San Francisco
Sioux City
Cushing
LeMars
Bixby
Amos Smith
Stuart
Mollie Brown
Brightwood
Ind
Sioux City Floyd Memorial Dedication Plan
Organizers aim for a memorable May 30 dedication of the Floyd memorial monument in Sioux City. Prominent figures will attend with John A. Kasson of Des Moines as principal speaker, joined by Prof. James D. Butler of the State University of Wisconsin and Dr. S. P. Yeoman of Marshalltown.
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Floyd Memorial
Sioux City
John A. Kasson
Des Moines
James D. Butler
State University of Wisconsin
S. P. Yeoman
Marshalltown
Presidential postmaster salary changes listed
A list shows salary increases and decreases for several presidential postmasters. Reads: Carroll from 1900 to 2000, Dexter from 1200 to 3140, Dysart unchanged at 1200, Silma from 1100 to 1200, H Extra from 1100 to 1300, Fayette from 1400 to 1800, Atlantic from 2200 to 2300, Decorah from 2400 to 2500, Dyersville from 1400 to 1300, Elkader from 1800 to 1400, Estherville from 1900 to 2000, Fairfield from 2200 to 2300, Fort Dodge from 2600 to 2700.
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Carroll
Dexter
Dysart
Silma
Hextra
Fayette
Atlantic
Decorah
Dyersville
Elkader
Estherville
Fairfield
Fort Dodge
Mysterious disappearance shakes Floris as A S Kendrick vanishes
Floris residents buzz over the disappearance of A S Kendrick a well to do citizen who withdrew $900 May 1 and has not been seen since. His wife and friends fear foul play while calling for answers. Kendrick had planned to buy a farm.
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Floris
A.S. Kendrick
Wall Street Routs and Northern Pacific Crash
Panicky trading in New York on May 10 saw four brokerages fail and major players gain or lose millions as Northern Pacific stock surged and then crashed. By May 11 the market cooled as Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and J P Morgan & Co. settled shorts at 150, restoring confidence and steadying prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Morgan-Hill-Harriman
Northern Pacific
James R. Keene
Russell Sage
A. A.houseman
Daniel Lamont
John W. Gates
Isidor Wormser
Amalgamated ‘Copper
Atchison Common
Atchison Preferred
Chesapeake & Ohio
St. Paul
Rock Island
Delaware & Hudson
Jlouisville & Nashville
Manhattan
Missouri
Kansas & Texas
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
J. P. Morgan & Co
Northern Pacific Shorts
Walk Street
Locomotive Boiler Explodes in Mount Dallas Tragedy
An explosion on a freight engine of the Huntingdon and Broad Top railroad at Mount Dallas killed four mounted crew members. Engineers A. S. Berkstresser and Charles Hollingshead, conductor John Richie, and Wireman Thomas Edwards, all residents of Sexton, Bedford county, died. Hollingshead and Berkstresser bodies were blown 400 yards across the river. The blast occurred Friday morning during water filling. cause unknown.
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Huntingdon
Broad Top
Mount Dallas
A. S. Berkstresser
Charles Hollingshead
John Richie
Thomas Edwards
Sexton
Bedford County
Hollingshead
Engineer Berkstresser
Seizure of Irish People Paper Sparks Debate
Dublin reports police seized The Irish People on Thursday night at the paper's offices and news agents shops, confiscating the current issue. The seizure centers on a paragraph insulting King Edward VII calling him a bald headed old ro ne, with references to alleged royal incidents. Parliament expected swift action and an angry debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
William O’brien
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Opening of Federal Parliament Impresses Melbourne Crowd
Melbourne reports the first federal parliament opening at noon with a 12 000 capacity exhibition hall filled to capacity. The decorations featured regimental standards arms trophies and floral festoons. In Wisconsin Madison the apportionment committee agreed on a congressional plan and the assembly passed the bill. The senate is expected to concur and the governor will likely sign before the week ends.
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Melbourne
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Joint Committee On
Assembly
Senate
Price of Lumber Advancing in Minneapolis Market
The price list committee of the Mississippi Valley Lumberman's association raised finishing lumber prices by one dollar per thousand across all grades due to strong demand and log scarcity.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Mississippi Valley Lumberman’s Association
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Dreyfus Bordereau
Col. Sandher
Secret Intelligence Bureau
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M. Henri Francois Charles de Verninac
Carthage
Charles Clabaugh
William Morrison
John Paxton
Pleasant Valley Mines
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Lake Superior Ship Canal
Davis
Orphans' Home
Iowa Institution
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Walla
Mullen
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