Cuba Paid for It Senate Sensation
Washington June 12 The testimony by F B Thurber president of the Exporters association showed that between 8000 and 9000 dollars had been paid from the Cuban treasury under Governor General Wood to promote reciprocity with the United States This caused a sensation in the senate as members crowded the floor eager to learn details A voucher copy circulated and brought keen interest from house beet sugar advocates who noted Thurber did not reveal ties to the Cuban government The day closed with plans for two caucuses by beet sugar and Republican senators to assess the impact and possible halt to reciprocity legislation The Cuban committee declined to consider compromise offers including a rebate or a commercial treaty and may seek discharge The beet sugar bloc remains cautiously hopeful that revelations may restrain reciprocity efforts
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Washington
Committee On
F. B. Thurber
Exporters’ Association
Wood
United States
Cuba
Senate
Teller
Senate Chamber
House
Thurber
Ways and Means
Thorper
Tornado Devastates Central Illinois Across Wide Storm Path
A massive tornado rippled through central Illinois Tuesday night, stretching 100 miles wide and 900 miles long from McLean to adjoining counties. McLean County bore the worst damage with three known deaths and many injured as telegraph and telephone lines failed for hours. Entire villages and farms report destroyed buildings, toppled trees, and widespread ruin across the region.
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Bloomington
Liongeton County
Ma‘coupin
Central Thinois
McLean
Ilinois
McLeaney
Mitchell predicts win in anthracite strike stand
Wilkesbarre reports President Mitchell telling reporters the anthracite strike is complete and a victory is certain. He notes no new comment on coal railway operator talks and says West Virginia soft coal strike could also be resolved in favor of labor, while operators see no change in the situation and express satisfaction with progress.
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Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
West Virginia
National Labor
Virginia
Atlantic Seaboard
West Point Marks Centennial With Roosevelt as Chief Guest
West Point celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding with President Roosevelt as the chief guest. A large crowd included army and navy officers, cabinet members, and diplomats in uniform. Events included a cadet review, superintendent Mills residence reception, memorial hall exercises, a dress parade, and a centennial banquet for more than 500 guests.
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West Point
N. Y
West Point Military Academy
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Colonel Mills
Memorial Hall
London King Edward and Queen Alexandra visit Choates
London June 12. The royal visit to Ambassador and Mrs Choate attracted vast crowds at Carlton House terrace. Police cleared the area as crowds watched the tribute paid by their Majesties to the United States. Diplomats call it a historic triumph for American prestige in England.
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London
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Choate
Carlton House Terrace
United States
England
China Faces Indemnity Dilemma With Bond Exchange
Washington reports say the United States cannot persuade treaty powers to accept its indemnity view for China. Since Pekin treaty, silver prices have fallen and exchange rates risen, shifting the payable amount. If China must pay at current rates, the burden may rise by millions, risking internal unrest greater than the Boxer uprising.
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Washington
United States
Pekin
China
Proposition Accepted With Pro Rata Indemnity Cut
Washington June 12 A cablegram to Secretary Hay from the U S minister at Pekin confirms the foreign ministers have accepted the general U S proposal for a pro rata reduction of indemnity claims tied to the Boxer uprising. England and Japan reportedly do not share in the cut as their expenses exceed their indemnity.
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Washington
Hay
WV. S
Conger
Pekin
United States
England
Japan
Storekeeper fatally shot by rival in Natchez clash
Natchez June 12 A Jacobson a Russian shot and killed A Lipschitz in Lipschitz store after a business dispute. Lipschitz was unarmed and not expecting an attack when Jacobson fired a bullet into his head.
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Natchez
Miss
A. Jacobson
A. Lipschitz
Lipschitz
Jacobson
Massacre Reported in Yaqui Camp Near Minas Prietas
Arizona banker Colonel William Christy arrives from Prie tas Sonora with details of a Santa Rosa canyon massacre in which Mexican troops killed Yaqui men women and children. Eighty Yaqui guards survived none and over 100 women and children were slain. Remaining villagers were driven toward Monas Prietas and Hermosillo. Christy says orders were to kill Yaqui men and boys without mercy as tensions rise between Mexican forces and Yaqui people.
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Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
William Christy
The
Valley Bank
Phoenix
Prietas
Sonora
Santa Rosa Canyon
Minas Prietas
Torres
Monas Prietas
Hermosillo
Christy
Canal Bill Advance Seen in Senate Vote Set
Washington notes the Senate agreed to a final vote on the Nicaragua canal bill and all amendments for Thursday June 19, with voting to start at 2 p m. Senator Fairbanks urged Panama route construction, saying it would be cheaper overall and noting a shift from Nicaragua to Panama based on commission findings. In the House the Corliss Pacific cable bill was dispatched by striking the enacting clause 116 to 77, blocking the Dalzell private-cable plan.
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Senate
Wellington
Maryland
Committee On
Fairbanks
Indiana
Panama
Nicaragua
House
Corliss Pacific
Dalzell
Surrender deadline set for peace terms in Official Gazette
Cape Town June 12 An extraordinary issue of the Official Gazette fixes July 10 as the limit for Boers or rebels who surrender to receive the peace terms. Rebels surrendering before that date will be disfranchised for life and not liable to trial or punishment. Exceptions cover field cornets and justices of the peace who may be tried and fined or imprisoned but not exiled.
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Cape Town
Official Gazette
Field Cornets
Justices of Peace
Bitter Feud in Indiana Democratic Ranks Revealed
Indianapolis June 12 The feud among Indiana Democrats reaches new extremes with Taggart's removal from the national campaign committee and Fleming allies blamed. Republican leaders plan early county chair talks as they build a strong statewide organization. Pigeons and a new technical school plan at Indianapolis arsenal gain attention amid debates over use of the grounds. Andrew Carnegie possibility discussed.
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Indiana
Taggart
Fleming
National Campaign Committee
Chicago
White Dove of Peace
Democratic
Goodrich
Republican State Committee
Nat Hill
Bloomington
Brazil
Indianapolis Arsenal Grounds
Winona Agricultural School
Pittsburg
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Man Kills Stepson in Peoria Storm, Wounds Another
In Peoria on Tuesday night Joseph Baker shot and killed his stepson Martin Christopher, 22, fatally wounded 8 year old Webster Christopher, and menaced his wife who escaped. Baker was arrested and held without bail to the grand jury. No motive is known. investigators suspect possible derangement after the storm.
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Peoria
Ill
Joseph Baker
Martin Christopher
Webster Christopher
Baker
Senate panel to ratify extension of Danish West Indies treaty
Washington June 12 The senate committee on foreign relations recommends the ratification protocol extending by one year the deadline for ratifying the Denmark treaty for the purchase of the Danish West Indies due to the Danish parliament's inaction.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Danish West Indies
Turbulent Telegrams Roil Early Twentieth Century News
A scattered set of items reports the Rev of Tunis's death, New York pool hall closures, Lewis Nixon poised to lead a shipbuilding combine, Milwaukee session of the American nurserymen, Whitelaw Reid honored by kings, a fatal storm injuring twenty, Maine GOP nomination for Gov John F Hill, Pennsylvania GOP backing Roosevelt, St Louis World’s Fair pledging Sunday closure, Grant Seal and John Davis killed on a Tennessee highway, Col Lynch arrested for treason, Boer War fighting, Pennypacker nominated for Pennsylvania governor on first ballot amid disputed vote tallies and chaotic details.
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New York
Lewis Nixon
American Nurserymen’s Association
Milwaukee
Whitelaw Reid
Kings Edward
Atherns
John F. Hill
Maine
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Chapman to Lead Winona Lake Youth Conference
The Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman will direct a June 30 to July 6 conference for Christian Endeavor societies at Winona Lake Indiana. Prominent speakers include W E Biederwolf and S D Gordon with music by W S Weeden. Attendees will enjoy croquet boating tennis and golf with rest periods each afternoon. Dr Chapman also notes a Scotland speaker at the Bible conference August 17 to 27 and a Presbyterian executive meeting in connection with the event.
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Ind
J. Wilbur Chapman
D. D
New York City
W. E. Biederwolf
Monticello
D. Gordon
Cleveland
Clarence E. Eberman
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Dr. Chapman
W. S. Weeden
International Christian Endeavor
Denver
Chapman
John Robertson
Scotland
John McNeill
Presbyterian General Assembly
Court divides $30,000 estate of Mrs Aikin in Indiana
Evansville Indiana June 12 A court decision partitions the $30 000 estate of Mrs Elizabeth Aikin who died in 1889 and left property to a Christian church minister in Knight township with trust for 30 years and $500 for Merom College and $500 to the minister The will was ruled contrary to the law of perpetuity revealing a dispute over heirs and end results of the trust arrangement
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Evansville
Ind
Elizabeth Aikin
Aikin
Christian Church
Knight Township
Merom
Telephone firm clashes with Madison County officials
Anderson Ind June 12 The American Telephone and Telegraph company and the Madison county commissioners clashed. A crew of telephone workers was arrested after the company applied for a franchise but did not meet some commissioners demands. The franchise was not granted and poles and wires were later distributed along county highways.
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Anderson, Ind
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Madison County
Telephone Company
American
Jealous husband stabs wife twenty times in Michigan City
John Koskoskie a Polish man stabbed his wife twenty times at their East Side home in a jealous rage. She was hospitalized and not expected to live. A mob of about fifty chased him into the hills. he surrendered to police downtown.
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Michigan City
Ind
John Koskoskie
Lake Shore
Jail Overflows With Suspects After Elke Carnival
In Muncie Indiana during the carnival era police hold a crowd of suspects. Pocket-picking reports rise with one thief named Albert Samuels caught in the act and detained by Councilman Frank Reed before turning him over to authorities.
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Muncie
Ind
Albert Samuels
Frank Reed
Wabash clears slot machines after mayoral order
In Wabash Indiana druggists and others removed slot machines yesterday in obedience to a notice from Mayor McHenry warning billiard room saloon and drug store owners to remove machines by June 11 or have them destroyed. The machines were sent back to the makers. In Dubuque Iowa the body of Mathilda Wagner 23 daughter of a farmer at Apple River Iowa was found.
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Wabash
Ind
McHenry
Makera
Dubuque
Mathilda Wagner
Apple ‘River
Cuban postal frauds lead to prison terms in Havana
Havana reports the Havana audencia court handed ten year sentences and substantial fines to C F W Neely W H Reeves and Estes G Rathbone for Cubes postal frauds. Reeves was pardoned April 22 by Governor Wood. Rathbone awaits judicial review after a bail release. A Chinese boy dreams of becoming a civil magistrate as even servants save for education.
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C. F. W. Neely
Audencia Court of
W. H. Reeves
Estes G. Rathbone
Reeves
Leonard Wood
Rathbone
Roosevelt
Neely
Market Report Prevailing Grain Prices in Indianapolis
Prevailing prices for grain provisions and livestock on June 11 show wheat at 77 cents a wagon No 2 red steady corn steady No 2 mixed oats firm No 2 mixed cattle steady at 32 75 hogs steady at 5 7 50 sheep steady at 0 lambs steady at 56 50
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Indianapolis
I. Lamba
Chicago
Louisville Grain and Livestock Prices Report
Grain futures and livestock prices show steady to active trading. Wheat and corn values listed for No 2 red, longberry, No 2 white, and mixed oats. cattle light trading around 32.7, hogs steady around 47 to 65, sheep and lambs steady with notable ranges, steers and stockers noted at 2.75 to 5.25, lambs to 7.50.
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East Buffalo
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