England’s Chamberlain presses for empire under British flag
Mr. Chamberlain presided at Birmingham’s Liberal Unionists meeting. He urged firmness on South African issues, argued republics must be incorporated under British rule, and praised self governing colonies while noting a possible phased path to full status like Canada and Australia. The crowd welcomed him as he shared grief for a recent loss.
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Birmingham
England
Chamberlain
Mr Chamberlain
Mem Rs
Kroger
Mr. Chamberlain
Rumors of Filipino insurgent plans stir Manila
A Manila dispatch reports rumors of a plotted uprising among Filipino groups opposed to American rule. Arrests for carrying weapons and dispersal of rally crowds accompany claims of a planned public demonstration and possible leadership changes tied to Aguinaldo era figures.
Populist Convention Adopts Barker Donnelly Ticket in 1900 Nominations
The Cincinnati gathering of the People's party selects Wharton Barker of Pennsylvania for president and Ignatius Donnelly of Minnesota for vice president. Howard withdraws, Barker is nominated unanimously, and Joe Parker of Kentucky is named national chairman. The platform calls for public ownership of utilities, free coinage of silver, and direct election of officials.
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Cincinnatic
Wharton Barker
Pennsylvania
Ignatius Donnelly
Minnesota
Porter
Howard
Alabama
Barker
Harmony
Deanrelly
Parker
Ignatius Premediv Wie
Sechetten
Fibiarman
Joe No Parker
Kentucky
Organic
Jo A. Parker
Tavnsville
J. Fo MeBride
Gran Rageds
Milton Parks
Tratiee
Act
Act, ,Orsatmitter
Boedeor Weet
Virginia
Walter
Indorea
Sears
Orecon
Hatdore Byrae
W. O. Peek
Georgia
Albert Falkner
Nebraska
Pollowing
United Atstes
People’s Party
Omaha
Woo Herman
Death of Judge Horace P. Biddle on his Logansport island home
Horace P. Biddle aged eighty nine died Sunday night at 3 8 at his private island home near Logansport after weeks of illness. A renowned Indiana scholar jurist and author he retired to his Logansport island residence about twenty five years ago and accumulated a famed private library. Born March 24 1811 in Fairfield county Ohio he practiced in Ohio before moving to Logansport in 13 and gaining national recognition for his literary and scholarly work.
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Judes Horace
Biddle
Biddie's Island
Ile Ness
Judge Biddie
Indiana
West
Horace P. Biddle
Fairfield County
Ohio
Hocking County
Hocking River
Logan
Benjamin Biddle
Territory
General Putnam
Waterford
Muskingum River
Judge Biddle
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Common Pleas
Supreme Courts of
Columbus
United States
Logansport
Admiral Dewey Tours Southern Cities Receives Ovation
Admiral Dewey continued his tour from Chicago to St. Louis and Memphis. He reached Nashville Thursday and was met with a great ovation. Receptions at every stop drew enthusiastic crowds and strong demonstrations from the public.
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Dewey
Nasseville
Chicago
St. Louis
Memphis
Nashville
Inheritance Tax Upheld by U S Supreme Court
The Supreme Court affirmed the federal inheritance tax in Buffem et al v Cotter. The New York circuit ruling held the tax valid against direct tax challenges and asserted no violation of state powers.
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Washington
Buffem Et al
Cotter
Circuit Court of
Eastern District of New York
Supreme Court
Forest Reservation Tax Appraisal Set at $1 Per Acre
Attorney General Taylor says under the forest reservation act an owner who files the required affidavit with the county auditor triggers a fixed appraisement of $1 per acre for taxation. The auditor must place this value on the tax duplicate. The assessor conducts quadrennial checks to ensure preservation and then appraises at $1 per acre if compliant.
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John Wingate
Taylor
Holliday Nominated on Eleventh Ballot at Greencastle Convention
The Republican Fifth district convened in Greencastle and nominated former Brazil mayor Holliday on the eleventh ballot after 35 votes were required from 115. The result marked perhaps the closest nomination tally in the state's congressional conventions.
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Greencastle
Holliday
Brazil
Mr. Holliday
Boer Prisoner Shot Near Boundary At Dewa
Jamestown St Helena May 11 A Boer prisoner attempting to escape over the boundary fence was shot by a guard after thrice challenging. The fatal incident is under court martial investigation.
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Dewa
Jamestown
St. Helena
Fred
Senate closes session with naval bill armor plant vote
Congress spends most of the week on armor and armament provisions. Senate debates price per ton for armor and a government armor plant with a secret session on experimental projects. House seats Pearson over Crawford in North Carolina. Clark resigns from Montana, Senate notes his acceptance. Senate adjourns after naval appropriation progress and armor provisions.
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Tillman
Money
Chandler
Hale
Navy Department
House
Crawford
North Carolina
Pearson
Jack
Clark
Montana
Sewall
New Jersey
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Bromwel
Ohio
Secretary of War
Bacon
Committee On
Cuba
United States
Lodge
Germany
DeArmond
Missouri
Corliss
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Maine
Gillett
Massachusetts
American National Red Cross
Baily
Texas
Red Cross
Overstreet
Indiana
Lady Franklin Bay
Greely
Jeffries Defeats Corbett at Seaside Club in 23rd Round
Fameo J. Jeffries won a heavyweight bout at the Seaside Club in Coney Island Friday night by knocking out Jim Corbett with a right hand to the jaw in the twenty third round.
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Coney Island
Famea J. Jeffries
Jim Corbett
Indiana Mule Belts and Fatal Farm Incident Highlight Evansville Dispatch
Indiana’s historic mule belts are mapped by congressional district with Hemenway’s counties yielding 11 843 mules. A separate report notes a farm scene where a man shot himself to end suffering in a barn, leaving a widow and one son. In Winamac, lightning killed Frank and William Ringen near their farm as they with horses returned home.
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Chicago
Indiana
Faris
Overstreat
Landis
Steele
Cromer
Crumpack
Robingson
Hemenway
Pike
Gibson County
Spencer Couty
Warrick
Vand¢burg
Fitles
Frank
William Ringen
Lightning Strikes Kokomo Farmer in Sunlit Afternoon
John Stevens, a respected farmer from north of Kokomo, was struck by a bolt while driving through town. He collapsed, died, revived hours later during an inquest wait, suffering severe burns across his arms and chest. No rain preceded the event, witnesses reported a bright afternoon sky.
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Kokomo
John Stevens
Stevens
Ggg
Missing South Bend youths tied to forged check case
Police hold warrants for Ray Adelsperger Coover and Adelsperger over forging and cashing a $309 check on the National Bank of Mishawaka. The check allegedly bore the signature of Joseph McDonald, Ray’s uncle. Adelsperger cashed the check claiming to be McDonald’s son. Ray’s father covered the loss.
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South Bend
Ray
Coover
Adelsperger
National Bank of
Smallpox cases reported in county and quarantines
Several new smallpox cases are reported in the county. A young man lives with Charles Wilkinson a farmer fourteen miles southeast of the city a child under a year old is with Lon Johnson at Saline City and another case is in the family of Edward Foulke near Saline City Quarantine is now maintained in Harrison Sugar Ridge Brazil and Cass townships.
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Brazil
Charles Wilkinson
Lon Johnson
Saline City
Edward Foulke
Harrison
Sugar Ridge
Cass
Village Under Water in Peru After Storms
Two powerful wind and thunder storms struck Monday night flooding the village of Peru after an inch of rain fell at Santa Fe six miles south. Barns fences and trees were toppled and telegraph wires were down. In Deedsville twelve miles north a freight car was blown onto the Lake Erie line and a north bound passenger train collided with it but no injuries were reported.
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Peru
Santa Fe
Deedsville
Lake Erie Railway
The Indiana Man Portrait of Robert B. Hanna
A column features Robert B. Hanna of Fort Wayne as the Republican nominee for Congress in Indiana's 12th District. The piece frames Hanna as a typical Hoosier with prominence in politics and commerce.
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Indiana
Great
Commonwealth
Robert B. Hanna
Ft. Wayne
Cuban postal frauds widen as Havana suspends Postmaster
Edward P Thompson, Havana Postmaster, is suspended amid a broad inquiry into postal frauds. Stamp sellers Moya and Mascaro arrested. six more under close watch. Investigators report frauds reached multiple offices and even rented boxes, with auditors Reeves and Reynolds in custody. Thompson's Indianapolis ties noted. supporters defend his integrity.
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Thompson
Sheridan
Mr. Thompson
Moya
Mascaro
Postal Department
Messrs. Reeves and Reynolds
Cuba
Washington
Edward P. Thompson
Indianapolis
Harrison
Cleveland
Tragic Child Burned at Home Near Anderson
Four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Pence died after her clothing ignited while the mother was away on an errand. The mother smothered the flames with a bed quilt but the clothing burned away, leaving exposed flesh. Death followed within a short time despite medical aid.
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William Pence
Anderson
Plainfield Domestic Smallpox Case In Reform School Officer’s Family
A fourteen year old Moore from Reform School Officer Haggee’s family has smallpox. Health authorities work to stop spread after she fell ill Thursday. The girl’s exposure includes nearly 60 reform school boys. Haggee commuted to the reform school daily and was recalled on Saturday. The source notes the disease’s origin remains unknown.
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Plainfield
Moore
Reform School
Haggee
Pugilist Harry Rogers Rescues James Riley in Ohio River Crossing
At New Albany Harry Rogers and James Riley escaped drowning when their skiff overturned in the Ohio River on Saturday night. They clung to the Panhandle bridge pier and to each other as the current carried them toward the eddy. A Louisville life-saving crew rescued them after two hours. both men fainted and lay unconscious for over an hour.
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New Albany
Harry Rogers
Pugilist
James Riley
Ohio
Rogers
Panhandle Bridge
Louisville
Richmond Sheriff Delivers Suspect to County Official
Fred Goodwin, arrested in Richmond on an assault and battery with intent to kill, was delivered Monday to the county sheriff. The crime occurred near Louisville about four months ago when Goodwin and his father attacked his former wife with an ax and stove wood. The pair fled, with the boy jailed locally and showing exultation over the charge.
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Newcastle
Richmond
Fred Goodwin
Louisville
Goodwin
Ohio
Identified By His Wife In Muncie Park Death
The body of an unknown man found dying under bushes in Wood Park near Muncie was identified Monday by his wife as James A. McFarland a wheel worker whose father in law lives in Marion. Authorities believe death resulted from suspected strychnine poisoning.
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Muncie
Wood Park
James A. McFarland
Marion
Summer Work For Glass Blowers In Pittsburg Meeting
John Reessler of Muncie attends a Pittsburg gathering with the Green Glass Blowers' Association on the executive committee to discuss plans aiding workers. A probable arrangement aims to extend summer working periods over the months, reducing the usual summer shutdown for union factories. Non union shops under restrictions have operated under similar terms.
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Muncie
John Reessler
Pittsburg
Green Glass Blowers’ Association
Naser
Conflicting War Rumors Reach London War Office
May 16 dispatches relay rumors from Mafeking and Pretoria about damage and rumors of Boer attacks. Baden-Powell signals food until June 10 while relief forces move. Kruger and Steyn resist, Transvaalers muster 30,000, and Botha Immer doubt final outcome.
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London
Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Snyman
Associated Press
Horse Guards
Bailey
Free
Lne
Jord Roberts
Steyn
Boers Invited to America by Three Governors
Governors Jones of Arkansas Stevens of Missouri and Stanley of Kansas unite in an invitation to Boer emissaries in the United States urging a mass emigration to their states if England wins the current war. State Secretary Reitz of the Transvaal has signaled he will move to the United States with family and friends if Kruger's government falls, with thousands likely to follow.
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Jones
Arkansas
Stevens
Missouri
Stanley
Kansas
England
Reitz
Transvaal
United States
Kruger
Memorial Day Proclamation by Governor Mount
Indiana Governor James A. Mount declares Memorial Day on Wednesday May 30 urging state observance. He calls for solemn services with graves decorated and flowers and flags placed, suspending business to honor patriots who served and died for the nation.
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Grand Army of the Republic
James A. Mount
Indiana
Capitol
Indianapolis
United States
Clark Named U S Senator After Acting Governor Appointment
In Helena Acting Governor Spriggs, Tuesday night, appointed W A Clark of Butte United States Senator to serve until the next Legislature elects his successor. Clark's resignation was filed earlier, and he succeeds himself. Governor Smith, allied with the Daly faction, is in California handling mining cases. The move surprised Montana voters who had not anticipated a resignation.
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Senate
Clark
Montana
Ross
United States
Scott
West Virginia
Mason
United States Senate
Spriggs
Senator Clark
Skeleton Found in Secret Passage at Harrisons House
In Richmond special report, a skull and human bones were found in a hidden passage in the colonial Harrisons mansion at Lower Brandon on the James River. Miss Gulie Harrison triggered a secret spring and revealed a back wall panel, leading to a glooming recess where the skull hung and a wall chain was found. The current Harrisons knew nothing of such a subterranean route or any past disappearances. The Harrisons of Lower Brandon are linked to former President Benjamin Harrison and to Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison.
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Richmond
Harrisons
Lower Brandon
James River
Gulie Harrison
Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Carter Harrison
Chicago
Boer Envoys Arrive in New York From Rotterdam
The Maasdam docked at Hoboken after a twelve day voyage from Rotterdam carrying peace envoys Abraham Fischer J M A Woolmarians and C H Wessels. A welcoming committee met them on the bay and a Boer sympathizer gathering greeted them on the pier. The mayor extended a welcome as the envoys headed to the Hotel Manhattan for lodging.
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Maasdam
Rotterdam
Abraham Fischer
J. M. A. Woolmarans
C. H. Wessels
Hoboken
Manhattan
Fight to the End President Steyn Vows Burghers Will Fight
Richart Harding Davis quotes President Steyn amid the Transvaal crisis. Steyn says burghers will fight to the end and will not abandon the Transvaal. He mentions battles at the Vaal river Pretoria and in the mountains and notes British advances at Winburg and Virginia.
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New York
the Herald
Richard Harding Davis
Sand River
Lourenzo Marques
Steyn
Transvaal
Vaal
Pretoria
Elandsiaagte
Jts Colenso
Belmont Its
Modder River
Bigemfontein
Fts. Samnas
Winburg
Virginia
Fires devastate Michigan towns amid forest blazes
The unprecedented drought has intensified brushwood fires in Michigan. Four towns and about 560 homesteads have been wiped out. Conflagrations span roughly 100 square miles along the line of the Wisconsin border.
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Michigan
Governor Candidate Shively Name Surfaces in Debate
Fragmentary OCR mentions Mr. Shively Derline and Hon. Benj F Shively of South Bend in a partial note on a governor race. Text references a tug termination for Governor with unclear context.
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Benj
F. Shively
South Bend
Philippine peace platform urged to Filipinos by Buencamino
Senor Buencamino releases a drafted peace program for the national Filipino party. He urges recognition of United States sovereignty, end to hostilities, rights protections, and a Filipino delegation to Congress, plus funds for hospitals, schools, and local governance. Aguinaldo and Otis named as key figures.
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Senor Buencamino
Manila
Otis
National Filipino Party
Aguinaldo
United States
Spain
American Congress
Civil Commission
United States Congress
Shortage Amid Postal Frauds Ties Havana Office to Stamps
The Havana post office faces a $75,000 shortage with monthly receipts dropping after July and a $411,000 stamp destruction order that may have sent new stamps with old issues. Neely’s lax accounting spurred suspicions, while Corydon Rich’s appointment was suspended and government seized Neely property in Cuba.
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Havana
Rathbone
C. F. W. Neely
Neely
Corydon Rich
Colonel Burton
Cuba
Zenor Renominated by Acclamation at Third District Convention
William T. Zenor of Corydon was renominated by acclamation at the Third district Democratic Congressional convention in New Albany. John L. Boetz of Dubois county presided while M. Steckinger, now of Washington, addressed delegates. Resolutions reaffirming the Chicago platform denounced trusts and imperialism, deplored the Porto Rican bill, sympathized with the Boers, and endorsed Adam Heimberger for Secretary of State.
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New Albany
William T. Zenor
Corydon
John L. Boetz
Dubois County
M. Stecksinger
Washington
Chicago
Adam Heimberger
State
Kruger Defies Volksraad Over Final Act Quote
Cape Town reports at the closing of the Volksraad on May 4 President Kruger cried out against a final act and declared that God will strengthen the right. He said he had documentary proofs of a devilish conspiracy to annihilate the republics.
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Volksraad
Kruger
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