Congress ends session with landmark statutes on canal and reforms
The Washington special notes Congress closed after a busy session enacting major laws. The Isthmian canal project and Philippine civil government reforms dominate, with bills on revenue, banking, and customs extended to new measures. Other enacted laws cover public land, health, and anti corruption, while several key proposals await future action.
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Spain
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Ayala Reserve
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Oh Ho
Hawai
Philippines
Clause of Representatives
Gheedl
House
House of Representatives
Department of Commerce
Committee On Commerce
Pure-Food Congress
House Committee On Commerce
Convention closes as peers elect Prine Tiras supporters
A chaotic fragment describes a convention where resolutions were adopted without dissent. Names and places appear tangled, mentioning Rev. Chariss, Rev. Thomas, Port Warne, Valparcaise, and various ministers and officials. The text references a campaign for Protestant causes and neutral ground, with many clergy and commissioners listed in a garbled roster.
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Taitiohs
Wes
Tie Duey
Webster Sbagex
Newlin
Wharlotte Cartridge
Ohio
Curt
Peter See
Two Cars Collide Head-On Near Broad Ripple
On Saturday night near Strawstack switch south of Broad Ripple two heavy lattice-pattern cars collided head on. Samuel White the motorman of Car 407 died three hours later. William F Holman of St Joseph and New Jersey streets died early Sunday. Eight others were injured and treated at Dr R C Light's Broad Ripple home. The crash occurred in darkness and rain as both operators failed to see headlights.
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Indianapolis
R. C. Light
Broad Ripple
Strawstack Switch
Light Avenue
White
William Fisher
Fisher
Train Wreck Kills Musician in Colorado Ute Pass Crash
A crowded excursion train on the Colorado Midland railway derailed near Culber s Siding in Ute Pass. Francis M. English, a Colorado Springs organist, was killed instantly while thirty others were injured. The accident followed a recent passenger rate war ending July and crowded cars.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Colorado Midland Railway
Ute Pass
Cripple Creek
Francis M. Enstish
Culber
English
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Elopers Taken Off Steamer Pavana In Harbor
On the Pavana arriving from Vera Cruz and Havana, Amado Raves a young Frenchman and Isabelle La Cavallerie a Mexican girl were taken off the ship by Mexican authorities after embezzlement charges against Raves were filed by the father. They planned marriage as passengers aided by fellow travelers, but the captain refused to marry them due to the girl’s age. Raves threatens a legal action and appeals to France, his nation.
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New York
Wardine
Pavana
Vera Cruz
Havana
Amado Raves
Isabelle la Cavallerie
Caban
Robertson
Psives
Miss Ta Cavallerie
Rodertson
Raves
France
Civil unrest on Southern railway train near Langley
A violent melee erupted on a Southern Railway train between white and Black passengers near Langley on Saturday afternoon. Ten white men were hurt, and four to seven Black individuals sustained injuries. Rumors spread quickly as crowds gathered. two wounded Black men were later struck by a mob while being moved through town. Ward was placed in custody locally.
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Lengies
S.C. Special
Ward
Toe Lock
Langley
Calaraose
Roanoke Arrives From Nome with Hopeful News of Lost Vessels
Seattle special reports the steamer Roanoke, Captain Weaver, arrived from Nome Saturday morning. Roanoke left Nome June 18 as Portland and Jeanie were believed lost. Nome locals fear the Portland swept into Arctic waters while Thette, pursuing it, had not reached port. At Nome the vessels Valenca Indiana Centennial Garonne Elihu Thomson Newsboy Oregon were in port. Senator stayed in quarantine. Dora had returned June 17 after searches failed. Roanoke carried $10,000 in gold dust and reported a pleasant voyage.
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Wash
Roanoke
Weaver
Nome
Portland
Jeanie
Arctic
Thette
McKinley Memorial Unveiled at Metropolitan M E Church
A marble memorial tablet for President McKinley was unveiled at Metropolitan M E Church in Washington. Senator Fairbanks, Reps Grosvenor and Taylor, and Rev Bristol spoke. Judge Thomas K Anderson funded the tribute. The tablet bears McKinley’s life, with the shield of the U S seal and the inscription Thy will, not ours, be done.
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Washington
Metropolitan
M. E. Church
President McKinley
Metropolitan Church
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Grosvenor and Taylor
Ohio
Bristol
William McKinley
Thomas K. Anderson
Patranc
United States
From Paris to Chicago in Record Time
Chicago special reports Steward Frasher of Chicago set a record with a 164 hour journey from Paris to Englewood station, Illinois, arriving Wednesday morning June 25 after leaving Paris June 1. He sailed Cherbourg at 3:50 p.m. and traveled aboard the steamer Wron Prinz Wilhelm, reaching New York two hours before departing for Chicago.
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Paris
Steward Frasher
Frasher
Englewood Station
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cherbourg
House Passes Philippine Civil Government Bill by Party Vote
Washington reports the House approved the Philippine civil government measure after a nine hour session and week long debate. The bill provides a full civil government with a two chamber legislature after peace is established, citizenship rights, a gold standard currency with a peso as main unit, and a broad financing and franchise framework including land and timber provisions.
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Washington
House
Lil
Senate
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Supreme Court of the
United States
Porto Rico
Fates of Lt Stockley Reported by Local Source
Washington receives new details on the 2nd Lt Paul D Stockley missing since January in Balangas province Philippines. Major Bowen reports Stockley was killed after seeking a secondary route to Tanauan near a lake where natives attacked him, robbed him of a revolver and stabbed him before his body was cast into deep waters. One killer was caught and tried by military commission. others remain at large.
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Washington
Paul D. Stockley
Twenty-first Infantry
War Department
W. H. CC. Bowen
Fifth Infantry
Bowen
Stockley
Tallasay
Balangas
Presidente
Tanauan
Banga
Woman Disguised as Man Marries Widely Known Woman
A marriage in Bellimere between Miss Ernes and Lidabetta Sawyer last week is alleged to be a sham. The suit claims the groom was actually a woman named Bates who lived as a man for years. The petitioner alleges the marriage occurred June 16 and that two days later the deception was revealed. the defendant reportedly confesses.
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Bellimere
Ernesso
Lidabetta Sawyer
Bates
Corte Eriday
Har
Poison in the lunch shocks Fort Wayne society
Eleven Fort Wayne society girls fell seriously ill after a luncheon, three in critical condition, from poison in preserved chicken likely used in a salad. The event, held Saturday afternoon by Miss Bessie Colerick for Miss Lilian Smith and Miss Louise Torrence, shows symptoms appearing at midnight. most patients are expected to recover.
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Port Wayne
Ind
Fort Wayne Society
Poulson
Bessie
Henry Colerick
Lelian Smith
Minneapolis
Louise Torrence
Benton Harbor
Mich
Gertrude Widing
Julia Or
Helen Colerick
Slashed Wis Rival Inboard Altercation Ends in Jail
Sealford Indiana reports a jealous quarrel at a boarding house between no Southern nodi and brakeman Hemeal Westenholf and Ella Loving, a stonecutter. Westenholf stabbed Loving twelve times with a knife. the worst wound near the throat but not reaching the windpipe or jugular. Loving is jailed.
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Ind
Nodi
Hemeal Westenholf
Ea Loving
Westenholf
Ella Ranev
Uvclone
Loving
Postal Telegraph to Control Penn Railroad Lines
The Postal Telegraph Company wins a fifteen year contract to control telegraph service on the Eastern lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Dec 1. The deal affects about 3,000 employees and precedes a similar arrangement for Western lines once current agreements expire. Capt. Green notes termination terms for Western Union and relocation of poles.
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Philadelphia
John H. Green
Pennsylvania Railroad
Postal Telegraph Company
Pennsylvania Company
Pittsburg
Erie
Green
Postal Company
Pennsylvania Road
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Posal Telegraph Cable Company
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Congress Adopts Isthmian Canal Conference Report
Washington special notes the House approved the conference report on the canal bill by 233 to 7. Hepburn stated the adoption would replace the House bill with the Senate version and reiterated his support for the decision. In Senate action, Morgan presented and adopted the conference report. it proceeds to the President.
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Washington
House
Hepburn
Iowa
Senate
Richardson
Tennessee
Panama Canal Company
Morgan
Russians Will Control Manchuria Says Dispatch
A Daily Mail correspondent in Peking reports from a high authority that a recent mining and railway concessions agreement with Russia includes a clause whereby China renounces sovereignty claims in Manchuria.
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London
Pekin
Daily Mail
Russia
China
Manchuria
Photographers Elect Officers at Winona Lake
The Indiana Photographers Association elected G. J. Parrott of Fort Wayne as president and W. B. Hardy of Frankfort as vice president. W. E. Wilmer of Valparaiso became secretary and J. Burgholtzer of Washington was named treasurer. A lively afternoon debate considered a summer home here, and the group plans a large exhibit for the national Buffalo convention.
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Winona Lake
Ind
Indiana Photographers’ Association
G. J. Parrott
Fort Wayne
W. B. Hardy
Frankfort
W. E. Wilmer
Valparaiso
J. Burgholtzer
Washington
Buffalo
Missing Cebu teachers may have been murdered
Four American teachers on Cebu Island disappeared June 10 during a day outing. While no positive proof of death exists, authorities suspect foul play after a constable recovered a revolver watch and chain owned by Thomas, a teacher, from a man killed resisting arrest.
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Manila
Cebu
Constabulary
Thomas
Stole His Own Child in Decatur Kidnapping
In Decatur Indiana a sensational kidnapping occurred Sunday afternoon as Marion Mentzer, a prominent citizen, took his child from his wife with whom he had not lived for three months. Mentzer fled on a daytime train after a struggle with locals. He had demanded the boy Saturday night and used a back door entry before driving to the railroad station.
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Decatur
Ind
Marion Mentzer
Mentzer
Rathbone Seeks Congressional Inquiry Over Cuba Conduct
Rathbone once Cuba director general asks AP to state that interviews misrepresented him and were erroneous or inferred unfairly. He requests a Congressional investigation to reveal the facts of his conduct in Cuba, not revenge against any individuals who harmed him.
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Washington
Manjfer Estes G. Rathbone
Cuba
Associated Press
Congress
Coal miner Tipton assassinated in Ehrmandale barber shop
Terre Haute special reports Terzill Tipton a coal miner was shot in the head and killed while sitting in a barber shop at Ehrmandale a mining town northeast of Terre Haute. The assailant fired from close range and fled. Tipton had faced prior shooting charges against Dan Watts. Police searched Ehrmandale for the killer.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Terzill Tipton
Ehrmandale
Here
Tipton
Richest strike in Parral district fuels vast wealth
In Parral Mexico the Hidalgos Mining Company reports a Satur day discovery at San Junico shaft yielding an independent vein at two hundred feet with fifty dollars per ton in gold and silver. The vein had been dormant since Spaniards opened the shaft years ago. The find eclipses the Palmilla strike which produced over three million dollars.
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Parral
Mexico
San Junico
Hidalgo Mining Company
Palmilla
Trowbridge Guilty of Manslaughter in Indiana Case
Marion Indiana special report says William G. Trowbridge was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of James Lacy. Jury verdict returned at 2 36 p m Saturday after noon. Punishment to range from two to twenty one years in the state penitentiary. Instructions disputed by jurors led Judge Paulus to reconvene and reread them on Saturday morning.
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Trowbridge
Marion
Ind
William G. Trowbridge
James Lacy
Paulus
Powder Explosion Kills Two in Madrid Encampment
A gunpowder magazine at the Carabanchel encampment five miles from Madrid exploded Thursday morning. Two men were killed and four teens were injured. The blast disrupted nearby rules and quiet.
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Madrid
Carabanchel
Sabatis Skunk Hunter Keeps Nighttime Pack for Profit
Joe Dignard of Sabatis Maine, famed for 1500 skunks in six years, raises and trains dogs for night hunts. He reports his best pup pegs him $500 over six years and cites nightly hunts, 28 skunks in one outing, and 157 skins sold this year for roughly $100. Dignard also trains coons, recounting daring climbs to treed game and close encounters with biting raccoons.
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Joe Dignard
Sabatis
Joe
New York
Boston
Lewiston
Webster
Coon
Mr. Coon
Bute
Coonie
Lewision
Bit of a famous apple tree birthday tale
Mrs. Sophronia Phelps of Blackville Orleans county New York celebrated her ninety third birthday with an old fashioned reception. Guests admired a cane carved from the wood of the first apple tree planted in western New York tied to COL Miles Kiuckville. The tree's seed roots trace to Mrs. Dunham who carried seeds from New York City making their way via Albany Mohawk to Erie county where the pioneer planting began.
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Blackville
Orleans County
New York
Phelps
Col Miles
Kiuckville
Dunham
Erie County
New York City
Albany
Syracuse
How Farmers Are Swindled
A retired farmer warns that con artists exploit official farm notices by selling supposed solutions to pests. He cites insect threats like cabinet beetles and elm pests, with smooth talkers promising remedies that fail and leave trees damaged.
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