Mr Landis Sees McKinley Not Seeking Third Term
Washington special reports Representative Landis en route home from West Point comments on President McKinley not pursuing a third term. Landis says McKinley has shown tact and patriotism and would not seek another nomination. He predicts Charles W. Fairbanks would win the nomination if held tomorrow.
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Washington
Landis
West Point
McKinley
William MacKinley
Republic
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
William McKinley
United States
Senate
Band of Boy Bandits in Muncie and Franklin Church Funds
Eighteen boys aged 15 to 20 are arrested in Muncie on charges of petty larceny. most plead guilty and await circuit court. A wealthy farmer and a saloon keeper are mentioned in separate local items. Franklin builds a new church with substantial fundraising, while other regional notes include a suicide, a court case, and missing persons.
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Muncie
Circuit Court
Potles
Alexatelria
Ois Alretay
Anderson
Poison in the Well Ends in Alarm in Kokomo
A Kokomo incident involved a planned wholesale poisoning of the Peart family via their well. Paris green was used but detected. the well was pumped out and water analysis found two pounds of poison, halting the scheme.
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Kokomo
Ouesday
F. N. Peart
Dowie calls for Zion guard amid kidnapping fears
John Alexander Dowie, at Zion Tabernacle in Chicago, alleges physicians plot to kidnap him and commit torture to render him insane. He urges male Zion members to standby, vows retaliation, and reiterates his claim of being Elijah reincarnated and leader of an apocalyptic mission. He warns of a nighttime seizure and hospital detention.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion Tabernacle
Hin
Zion
Zion Guard
Dowie
Elijah
Buto
Seat
Tragic Deaths in Redpath Household Mystery
In a troubling incident at the Redpath residence, Mr Redpath died after a disturbance while his wife, Mrs Redpath, suffered insomnia and mental strain. The events led to Mr Redpath’s death and a subsequent wound to a younger Redpath who died amid the chaos. Doctors were summoned as Mrs Redpath was removed to hospital in grave condition.
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Wekameo
Mere J
Ikea
Vifford Redpath
Hhespptad Ce
Resipath
Hed Beendil
Redpath
Perodiste
Young Redpath
Tosi Poom
Death of German in Williamsburg Ends Perpetual Motion Quest
William Herford, a German in Williamsburg, killed himself at his carpenter shop after failing for thirty years to uncover perpetual motion. He was found with a bullet to the head and his teeth clenched on a teeth-like object, the scene described in fragmented terms.
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New York
William Herford
Williamsburg
Unveiling of Bismarck Statue at Reichstag Ceremony
At midday Sunday the Bismarck statue facing the victory column was unveiled before the Reichstag. Emperor and Empress presided with Prince Herbert Bismarck and other dignitaries as eight thousand attendees sang the national anthem when the veil dropped.
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Reriin
Bismarck
Reichstag
Prince Herbert Bismarck
Count von Buelen
Prince Hohenlane
Troops to Stay in Cuba for at Least a Year
Washington says US troops in Cuba will not be withdrawn for at least a year. Secretary of War Root announced the policy as Cuban leaders seek to establish a government and health measures under the Platt amendment. The withdrawal hinges on a unified, provincially sound government and sanitation schemes to protect Cuban citizens and Southern ports.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Root
Congress
Innocent Woman to Be Released From House of Refuge
Elizabeth Doyle a young married resident of Poughkeepsie will be freed from the House of Refuge at Hudson after five years imprisonment for a crime she did not commit. Her mother Mary Jackson reported the innocence and a confession surfaced that Maggie Allen stole the ring, not Doyle, with the ring later returned from Chicago.
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Poughkeepsie
Elizabeth Doyle
Citv
House of Refuge
Hudson
Mary Jackson
McCabe
Mary QC Brien
Union Street
Elizabeth
Chicago
OUR TRADE WITH RUSSIA AND SWEDEN REVIEWED
Washington special summarizes a preliminary extract of Commercial Relations of the United States for 19 0. Frederick Emory, head of the State Department Bureau of Foreign Commerce, releases short chapters to the press. Odessa consul Heenan notes rising demand for American agricultural machinery in Russia and Poland due to labor shortages and emigration. The spread of horse powered threshers signals a major market expansion for threshing equipment.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Sweden
Frederick Emory
Bureau of Foreign Commerce
State Department
Emory
Heenan
Odessa
Poland
Surrender Agreement Nears as Cailles Relents and Judges Appointed
The article reports General Cailles agreeing to surrender with his forces, likely over 500 strong, to American authorities at Santa Cruz Laguna. It notes seventeen judges named for first instance courts, including eleven Americans like Kinkaid and Odlin, and lists multiple circuits across the Philippines. It adds Cailles' feared reputation and past rewards offered, amid ongoing pursuit by American troops.
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Infant
Gul- Ward
Cailles
Santa Cruz
Laguna
Kinkaid
Texas
Odlin
New Hampshire
Aparri
Blount
Georgia
Dagupan
Johnson
Michigan
Batangas
Lineberger
Minois
Neuva Caceres
Carson
Virginia
Iloilo
Bates
Vermont
Negros
Norris
Nebraska
Cebu
Carlock
Linois
Zamboanga
Iskis
Iuowa
Jolo
Whitsett
Missouri
Baylake
Society of Mandlo-Ducats
Cauilles
Edward N. Jones, Jr
Eighth Infantry
Aguinaldo
Sumner
Ex Governor Pingree Dies in London After Illness
London cable reports Hazen Senter Pingree of Michigan died Tuesday night at 11 35. He suffered a cancerous intestinal affliction with no recovery expected. Born August 20 1840 in Denmark Missouri, Pingree built Detroit shoe trade success before serving as mayor and later Michigan governor famed for his potato patch relief program. His son H S Pingree Jr witnessed the end and will inform relatives.
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London
Hazen Senter Pingree
Michigan
Mr. Pingree
H. S. Pingree, Jr
United States
Hazen S. Pingree
Denmark
First
Massachusetts Artillery
Detroit
South Africa
Pingree
Stamp Tax Changes Take Effect July First
Government revenue officers report widespread inquiries as taxes listed for repeal or reduction become effective on July 1. Repealed taxes include stamp duties on bank checks drafts and money orders post office money orders and several commercial documents while rates fall for real estate related charges and foreign exchange.
Wonders of Uganda features by Sir Harry Johnston in London
Special commissioner Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston returns to London after two years with tales of Uganda rivaling Darkest Africa. He describes depopulated Moantelgon due to inter-tribal wars, abundant tame big game, zebras and antelopes within ten yards, elephants and rhinoceros, lions preoccupied with hartebeeste. He notes a national park plan, apemen in Congo, rubber trees in twelve varieties, and phonographic records of language and music.
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London
Harry Hamilton Johnston
Uganda
Henry M. Stanley
Africa
Harry
Moantelgon
Sir Harry
Congo Forest
Stanley
Flying column raids Mullah supply camp in Somaliland
Consular dispatch reports May 28 heavy fighting as Capt Meriweather's mounted infantry unit rode 100 miles in 24 hours to strike the Mullahs supply camp and recover 34000 cattle. One chief killed, another captured, base reached. British under Col Swayne move toward Eldab with 300 followers and attack Zariba. 700 British dead or wounded reported. Mullah cut off, decisive action expected.
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London
Foreign Office
Somaliland
Meriweather
Swayne
Eldab
MacNeill
Zariba
Danger in Expansion at Brooklyn Polytechnic speech
St Clair McKelway warned during Brooklyn Polytechnic College commencement about the dangers of aggressive American industrial expansion. He argued citizens are world citizens and warned against harming others for perceived superiority, noting the risk of impoverishment or distress and calling life a competition not a slaughter-house.
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New York
Brooklyn Polytechnic College
St. Clair McKelway
United States
England
Germany
Russia
Italy
France
Wrecked Schooner Afterglow at Cabot Island
The schooner bar Bennad to Labrador with seventy persons including fishermen and families ran ashore in dense fog on Cabot Island Newfoundland. Four men drowned and six injured. women and children were rescued after two days ashore with scant shelter. A passing vessel later found distress signals and landed them on the mainland to return home. The vessel Czar was a total wreck with loss of belongings. survivors faced a dire midnight wake up and scant clothing upon arrival.
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Sir Johns
N. FL
Spesial
Bar
Bennad
Labrador
Teersons
Cabot Island
Newfoundland
Real Hero Rides to Rescue After Rail Crash
A Seaboard Airline passenger train derailed on a trestle near Rockingham due to rains, plunging into a pond. Thirty injured, two feared fatally. Baggagemaster Smith crawled out, lit a lantern, and flagged a following freight to avert another wreck. Relief trains with doctors arrived from Hamlet and Rockingham.
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Hamiet
Seaboard
Atlanta Special
Rockingham
Smith
Hamlet
Farm Hand Kills Wife in Newfield Jealousy Case
Ithaca New York police report farm hand James Churchill murdered his wife Minnie at her father's home in Newfield by crushing her head with a heavy iron bar as she slept beside their 1 year old daughter. Minnie's father Daniel Minturn aged over 60 was attacked but survived. Churchill attempted suicide with carbolic acid but lives and has been arrested. The crime stemmed from jealousy.
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Ithaca
N. Y
James Churchil
Minnie
Newfield
Daniel Minturn
Churchill
Extradited raider Samuel Baca shot by Mexican authorities
El Paso based chronicle reports Samuel Baca, an American citizen, was extradited to Chihuahua for leading a raiding gang. The gang tortured a Mexican merchant, forced disclosure of money, and mutilated victims. Baca was captured in Texas, tried in Chihuahua, and executed at daybreak last Monday.
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el Paso
Tex
Samuel Baca
Chihuahua
Mexico
Baca
Texas
State Department
Remarkable Case in State vs Clark Ends with Guilty Plea
The State accused Robert Clark of killing an unknown man named Jack the Jag ger. Clark pleaded guilty and received a prison term from two to twenty one years. The verdict rested on testimony from his wife and three children who witnessed the fatal blow. The crime occurred two years prior and the family kept silent until Clark’s arrest.
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Kekemo
Robert Clark
Jack the Jagger
Clark
Alabama Constitution Adopted Parts Expand Governor Powers
In Montgomery special, the first section of Alabama's new constitution passed the constitutional convention. It creates the lieutenant governor's office, raises the governor's salary to 5,000, lengthens executive terms to four years with no reelection, and bars the governor from United States Senate candidacy within a year after term. A broad suffrage proposal was offered by Mr Burns restricting voting for numerous categories including certain crimes, illegitimacy, and poll tax criteria.
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Montgomery
Ala
United States Senate
Burns
Love Fueled Tragedy: Fulford Kills Mother-in-Law in Ontario
Robert Fulford a Chicago contractor killed his mother-in-law Mrs. Jennie McCord at the McCord farm near Ider ten Ontario then shot himself. Fulford had driven from Chicago to confront his wife Gertie McCord after a dispute and separated from his previous wife.
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London
Ontario
Chicago
Robert Fulford
Wchicago
Jennie McCord
McCord
Iderten
Here
Fulford
Gertie McCord
Bryan's New Party Begins as Populists Meet in Kansas City
A Kansas City conference of Populist State committee members and a few free silver Republicans launched a new third party aimed at expanding in Missouri and eventually nationwide. The group expressed sympathy for William Bryan and hinted at him as the party's presidential candidate. The meeting ended without public remarks and will resume with an address to Missourians.
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Kansas City
Missouri
State Committee
William J. Bryan
Concentration Camps in Transvaal and Orange River Colony
House of Commons discussions reveal 4220 people held in camps with May deaths including men women and children. War Secretary Mr Ibrodrick notes authorities seek release of women and children who have friends to take them but cannot guarantee isolation changes.
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Lohaon
House of Commons
Suesday
Ibrodrick
Transvaal
Orange River Colony
Brodrick
Walter Besant Dies in London After Long Illness
Walter Besant a reformer and author died in London on Sunday afternoon after a long illness noted by Robert Buchanan aged 60. Besant was a prominent writer and dramatist with a noted public life in the literary world.
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Walter Besant
Thompstead
London
Robert Buchanan
Walker named to Board of Monument Regents
Col. J. N. Walker of Indianapolis, tax commissioner, is appointed by Governor Durbin to the Board of Monument Regents, succeeding Gen. Knefler.
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Col. J. N. Walker
Indianapolis
Board of
Monument Regents
Durbin
Poe
Knefler
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