Presbyterian Assembly Calls to Expel Reed Smoot
The Presbyterian general assembly passed a resolution condemning Senator Reed Smoot and Mormon polygamy. It urged Americans to use lawful means to secure his expulsion from the U S Senate and to amend the federal constitution to define monogamy and make polygamy a crime with penalties including disqualification to vote or hold office.
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United States
Utah
Senate
Apostle Reed Smoot
Reed Smoot
National Senate
Congress of the
Spring Humors and Remedies Urge Quick Health Action
The article notes spring humors bring pimples boils eruptions appetite loss fatigue bilious fits indigestion and headache. It advocates rapid relief and rebuilding of the system with a recommended remedy to take.
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Claim Miracle Blood Purifier
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills as a spring medicine for blood purification and cures for scrofula rheum head boils pimples humor psoriasis blood poisoning rheumatism catarrh dyspepsia and related ailments urging readers to buy today.
Castro Closes Venezuelan Ports Decree Effects Described
Washington cable reports from Bowen state Castro’s decree closes select Venezuelan ports not a blockade but prevents vessels from entering. officials note softer impact yet similar outcome. A separate dispatch from Paris notes a stormy gale causing dangerous conditions for ships in the Channel.
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Washington
Hnister Bowen
Castro
Agere
State Department
Textile Workers Strike Looms In Philadelphia
Philadelphia textile workers move toward a 55 hour week strike with last night’s suspensions. By day eight mills halted before close and twelve total mills already on strike while thirty seven firms agreed to reduce hours. Executive committee predicts wider action with about 60 000 workers set to refuse Monday shifts.
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Philadelphia
Textile Workers’ Executive Committee
National League Scores From Brooklyn to Philadelphia
National League games saw Brooklyn 8 Philadelphia 4 and New York 3 Boston 0. American League results include Cleveland 2 Chicago 3 and Boston 7 Washington 2. Other totals feature Philadelphia 2 New York 8 and Detroit 3 St Louis 7 with American Association higher scores Minneapolis 4 Indianapolis 3 and Milwaukee 15 Toledo 90.
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Brooklyn
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
Washington
Detroit
St. Louis
American Association
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Toledo
St. Paul
Louisville
Kansas City-Columbus
Compromise Reached Between Freight Handlers and Railroads
In Chicago on May 30 the Lake Shore road proposed a wage settlement to freight handlers, after their 25 percent demand. Officials offered an increase averaging just over 4 percent. After several hours, both sides signed. the new scale begins June 1 and lasts one year. Also note Foley's Honey and Tar contains no opiates and is safe for children, sold by OC. D. Knoefel.
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Chicago
Lake Shore Road
Foley’s
OC. D. Knoefel
World’s Fair Ferris wheel put up for sale at auction
In Chicago on May 30 a circuit court order directs the Ferris wheel from the Midway at the World's Fair be sold to the highest bidder. If no bids are received it will be broken up and sold for junk.
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Chicago
Evacuation urged as Mont Pelee activity rises
May 30 in Fort De France Martinique reports rising Mont Pelee activity. The general council calls for immediate evacuation of the island s northern region amid heightened anxiety and concern.
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Martinique
Fort de France
Mont Pelee
General Council
Insurgents' Stronghold Seized in Venezuela Barquisemeto
Washington May 30. Minister Bowen reports the government of Venezuela has captured the insurgents long used Barquisemeto as their headquarters. Detroit May 30. The scare committee of the Amalgamated Association and the Iron Manufacturers signed the iron wage scale for next year.
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Washington
Bowen
Venezuela
Barquisemeto
Detroit
Mich
Amalgamated Association
The
Iron Manufacturers
Dr King's New Discovery claimed to cure consumption
Carebeaneas railways wreck and canoes cause many throat and lung troubles. Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption, Doughs and Colds is said to cure even the worst cases. Mrs Lois Cragg of Dorchester, Maine is cited as an example of renewed hope.
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King
Lois Cragg
Dorchester
Mesc
Drowning Kansas Topeka Under Water
In Topeka and Abilene of Kansas floodwaters devastate towns. Five thousand homeless in Topeka as bridges collapse and streets flood. Abilene reports fifteen inches of rain and widespread damage. One million dollars estimated loss in Morris county. Public buildings opened for relief fund.
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Abilene
Topeka
Kan
Kanana River
North Topeka
Union Pacific
Kansas River
St. Mary's
Morris County
M. R. Smith
Council Grove
Indicator
Robbins
Jess
Main
Neosho River
Missouri Pacific
Katy
Peruna touted as best for women’s ailments in Ottawa ad
Mrs Joseph Lacelle of Ottawa East Ontario testifies Peruna cured her nine month long backache headaches and dragging pains. She praises the remedy as life changing and urges others to try it. Dr Hartman offers free treatment consultations through the Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio to women with female disorders this summer.
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Joseph Lacelle
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion
Hartman
Merritt Replies to Tulloch Accusations at Washington Post Office
Postmaster Merritt replies to S W Tulloch charges noting a 1888 transaction may involve a false voucher and blank pay-roll entries, defending city postoffice funding practices as proper. Samuel A Groff renewed his $5,000 bond for June 9 in the Machen bribery case hearing. In Peoria and Randolph Chicago highwaymen shot Dr John Forbes during a drugstore robbery, then fled.
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Washington
S. W. Tulloch
Washington Post Office
Generals Payne
Merritt
Tulloch
Postoffice Department
Washington City Postoffice
Chicago
A. C. Brendecke
Peoria
Randolph
George Semsret
John Forbes
Lexington dispatch calls for more troops to Jackson
Midnight orders in Lexington require Colonel Williams and Captain Illard to mobilize Danville company for Jackson. Rumors rise of a rescue plot for Curtis Jett and Tom White in Breathitt county as crowds interpret the call.
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Lexington
Jackson
Roger Williams
Pesington
Embry Allen
Williams
Beecham
Wlliams
Illard
Danville Company
Curtis Jett
Tom White
Breathitt County
Jett
White
Terre Haute Electric Traction Plans Major Merger
Terre Haute Indiana May 30 articles of incorporation for the Terre Haute Electric Traction company capitalized at 3 million dollars were filed today. The new firm will assume all property of the Terre Haute Electric company including the Paris Clinton and Brazil interurban line and Terre Haute and Brazil systems. Both companies are controlled by Stone and Webster of Boston.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Terre Haute Electric Traction Company
Terre Haute Electric Company
Paris, Clinton and
Brazil
Stone and Webster
Boston
Schwab Training School Opens At Homestead
The C M Schwab Free Industrial School in Homestead Pennsylvania, funded by U S Steel president Charles M Schwab, dedicates a three story steel brick brownstone building costing 125000 to train youth in mechanical drawing wood turning pattern making and modeling.
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C. M. Schwab
Homestead
United States Steel Corporation
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab Industrial School Opens In Homestead Center
The second floor houses art rooms with a sewing room in a corner and a kitchen for the cooking class across the hall. The top floor features a 700 seat auditorium. Mr Schwab arranged the curriculum so all Homestead students can learn trades at no cost, under school board control, with eligibility for all public school students.
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Schwab
Homestead
Schwab Industrial School
RECORD BREAKING MONTH INDIANA OIL LEADS FIELD ACTIVITY
Marion Indiana May 30 activity in oil fields of Indiana and Ohio reaches record levels. In May 675 wells completed with 58 dry holes or gas wells. Daily production adds 10 170 barrels per day. Drilling 700 wells and 408 rigs building totaling 1108 units. Eastern operators shift investments to Trenton limestone fields surpassing Pennsylvania West Virginia and New York totals.
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Marion
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
Trenton
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York
Boy Drowns in Rain Barrel Near Paoli
A four-year-old, son of Dock Cornwall of Lig ont a near Paoli Indiana, drowned in a rain barrel while left in care of his seven-year-old sister. The sister noticed the missing child and found him head first in the barrel as she peered over a chair beside it.
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Paoli
Ind
Dock Cornwall
Ligonta
Equine intelligence and the horse as thinker
A Field and Farm piece argues horses can plot and reason, noting memory for kindness or cruelty and the ability to learn to fear or obey. It cites a stallion punished for injustice who allies with considerate handlers, and claims some horses plan escapes, while others gorge when near abundant feed.
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Atailion
President Roosevelt Attends Evanston Arrival In Wyoming
President Roosevelt arrived in Evanston Wyoming last night to an ovation by about 5000 people at the station Senator Clark of Wyoming introduced him and after a brief address he departed for Rawlins.
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Evanston
Wyo
Roosevelt
Clark
Wyoming
Rawlins
Hunting accident paralyzes teen in Osgood Indiana
Chester Shaw, sixteen, accidentally shot himself in the abdomen while handling a rifle left on the ground. The wound is described as serious. In Boonville Indiana Charles Buck shot John Wagner with a shotgun and was quickly convicted of attempted murder and sent to the reformatory. both men are described as colored.
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Osgood
Boonville
Ind
Charles Buck
John Wagner
Buck
Reformatory
Jacob
Harry A. Buerk
Flobert
Tragic Deaths Reported In Valparaiso And Decatur
A telegram from New York cites the death of the wife of William D. Penney, bank president in Valparaiso, following an operation. she was 54 and socially prominent. In Decatur Glenn Adams, a printer, was fatally run over by a Clover Leaf train. he reportedly fell from a moving car while on or near the tracks. The body was shipped to Ohio City and Indianapolis for further arrangements.
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Valparaiso
Ind
New York
William D. Pinney
State Bank of
Decatur
Glenn Adams
Ohio City
Farmer Joe's Speech Dismisses Young Debater in Laughter
A veteran legislator nicknamed Farmer Joe silences a bumptious newcomer by invoking Pope and a quote about souls. The elder's poised retort triggers convulsions of laughter in the chamber, while the rookie struggles to recover his dignity during the session.
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Perseyville
Ind
Logan Westfall
Westfall
Mr. Westfall
Graybeard
Herkimer
Rymat
Niagara
Farmer Joe
Speaker
Pope
Lake Superior
New York News
Gossip Warned By Mrs Cawker In Conversation
A mother cautions her daughter against repeating gossip about Mrs Gilfoyle told by Mrs Fosdick. She plans to relay the tale herself to Mrs Cumso, stressing kindness and discretion.
Local briefs include embezzlement case and obituaries
J. W. Egan faces preliminary hearing Monday morning before Justice Fogle on embezzlement charges, with O. W. Schindler as attorney. Anna Agnes Eagan, daughter of Peter Eagan, dies at eighteen in Sellersburg. funeral at St Joseph’s Church. Obituary notes old resident Zippmian Gunkel, 74, of 1817 East Spring, funeral at St Mary’s Church next Monday.
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J. W. Egan
O. W. Schindler
Justice Fogle
Anna Agnes Eagan
Peter Eagan
Sellersburg
Joseph's Catholic Church
Zippmian Gunkel
East Spring Street
William Gunkel
St. Mary's. Catholic Church
Notable Exceptions in Advice Aboard the Bloobumper exchange
Mrs Bloobumper asserts readiness to advise while Bloobumper notes exceptions. The dialogue cites doctors and lawyers as examples, prompting a tongue in cheek exchange about who qualifies as exceptions to universal willingness.
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Bloobumper
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