Governor declines resignations to avert state political strife
Governor McSweeney, at Chickamauga ceremonies, refuses to accept the resignations of U S Senators Tillman and McLaurin, citing desire for peace and a full discussion of issues. McLaurin says he may withdraw if asked and Tillman questions the governor’s authority, while Bennettsville reports detail the shifting positions amid South Carolina politics.
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Columbia
8. C
United States
South Carolina
Chickamauga
Commonwealth
Charleston
News and Courier
Bennettsville
Senator McLaurin
McSweeney
Tillman
McLaurin
United Sates Senate
Trenton
Senate
Ex Penn football star Woodruff arrested in kidnapping case
Dr. Wylie G. Woodruff of Philadelphia and Mrs. Edith Moyer of Lawrence Kansas were arrested at Union Station Portland on a kidnapping charge involving Mrs Moyer’s baby daughters Myrtle and Dr Woodruff and Mrs Moyer were jailed. Kansas City warrant had been sworn by Mr Moyer in Lawrence after his wife vanished with the child from Menominee Michigan Cridersville Ohio where he works as a coach was referenced in the case line.
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Portland
Ore
Wylie G. Woodruff
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Unis Station
Edith Moyer
Lawrence
Kan
Dr. Woodruff
Oregon
Kansas City
W. G. Woodruff
Kenny
Moyer
Ohio
Moyers
Woodruff
Kansas University
Man Believed Wive of Helen Gould in Bellevue Case
James H. Anderson, confined at Bellevue since April 16, claims Miss Helen Gould is his wife. Authorities discuss arraignment and possible discharge to Howtown Kansas as state psychiatry investigates his paranoia and care.
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James H. Anderson
Helen Gould
Bellevue Hospital
Gould
Fifth Avenue
No Bacilli in Dewey’s Lungs Says Doctor
Dr E Reynolds, chief of the Brooklyn Home for Consumptives, claims a corn kernel caused the death of Dewey the South African ostrich in Central Park Zoo. He says the grain entered the bronchial tubes and may have been mistaken for consumption, noting no bacilli were found.
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E. Reynolds
Brooklyn
Wabash Railroad chief to resign to become board chairman
O. D. Ashley will resign as president at the June 20 board meeting and be elected chairman of a new post. Joseph Ramsey Jr. will succeed him as president, with Ramsey’s own successor yet to be named. Ashley, over eighty, says the change will ease duties and benefit the road. Ramsey joined the Wabash five years ago as vice president after leading the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis.
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O. D. Ashley
Wabash Railroad Company
Board of Directors
Ashley
Joseph Ramsey
Ramsey
Ashusy
Ehh Ray
Mississippi
Terminal Railroad Association of
St. Louis
C. M. Hayes
Wabash
Grand Trunk
Chicago to Detroit via South Bend rail link planned
The Record-Herald reports a proposed Indiana Illinois and Iowa Road Chicago connection from South Bend to Detroit or Toledo with surveys for both lines. President T P Shonts has returned to New York to finalize monetary details and talks with two terminal firms for facilities.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Indiana, Illinois, and
Iowa Road
South Bend
Detroit
Toledo
T. P. Shonts
New York
Mississippi River
East Clinton
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
Grand Trunk
Baltimore and Ohio
Walkerton
Baltimore and Ohio appoints new leadership lineup
L F Loree becomes Baltimore and Ohio president and is greeted by retiring chief John K Cowen. Loree confirms Potter as general manager and Hale as assistant general manager while denying plans for a second vice president.
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Baltimore
L. F. Loree
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
John K. Cowen
George L. Potter
Arthur Hale
Pennsylvania
Loree
Koree
Maryland
Murray
Underwood
Cowen
Timore
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Potter
Willard
Tzgerald
Washington Major Sylvester Elected Police Chiefs President
The Police Chiefs of the United States and Canada elected Major Richard Sylvester of Washington as president by a one vote margin, while William S Devery of New York was named Vice President after a tense convention at the Hotel Savoy. Devery acknowledged the result and the body set next year’s meeting in Louisville Kentucky.
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United States
Canada
William S. Devery
Devery
Richard Sylvester
Washington
Police Chiefs’ Convention
Hotel Savoy
Quirk
Philadelphia
Sylvester
Wiley Williams
Columbus
Kiley
St. Louis
New York Police
Chief Hill
Chattanooga
Deitsch
Cincinnati
Hill
Keiley
Leslie
Cross
Jones
Toledo
New York
Harvey O. Carr
Grand Rapids
Mich
Souckine
Perfecon
Appointment of Charles Morrison Burt as General Passenger Agent
Charles Morrison Burt is named General Passenger Agent of the Central Railroad of New Jersey succeeding the late H. P. Baldwin. Burt, then Passenger and Ticket Agent of the Maine Railroad, begins his duties today. Born December 4, 1862, he has long held key rail career roles with several lines and associations.
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C. M. Burt
New Jersey Central
Charles Morrison Burt
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
H. P. Baldwin
Burt
The
and Maine Railroad
Boston
Meadville
Penn
New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio Railroad
New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railroad
West Shore
Trunk Line Association
New York
Joint Traffic Association
Fitchburg Railroad
Wabash-Kansas City differential hearing held
Arbitrator D B Martin presided as lines’ agents argued over severing the Wabash differential and charging excess fare on fast through trains. Competitors urged removal of the differential and continuation of the fast Hannibal to Chicago to New York service. General Passenger Agent Crane defended the Wabash position as briefs were filed.
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Chicago
D. B. Martin
Kansas City
Hannibal
Trunk Line
New York
Crane
Eee
Martin
Wabash Devises Track Arrangement With Cleveland Line
Railroads announce a traffic agreement allowing Wabash to use the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis tracks for a stretch between Wellington and Cleveland. Rumors of railroad consolidations again circulate, with mentions of the Minnesota and West, and other lines, though details are unconfirmed.
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Wabash Railroad
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Talles
Wellington
Ohio
Anleveland
New York Police Parade Showcases 6000 Officers
The annual uniformed force parade drew 6,000 New York policemen with visiting Police Chiefs from the U S and Canada praising the force as the finest. Four officers received medals for valor as crowds cheered and a rapid route ended at 4 30 p m with officers in summer uniforms and white helmets.
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Police Department of
New York
United States
Canada
Battery
Broadway
Twenty-third Street
Madison Avenue
Fortieth Street
Fifth Avenue
Worth Monument
Murphy
Devery
York
Moses W.cortright
Inspector Clayton
P. H. McLaughlin
Titus
Flood
Ahaire
Cooney
Stephen G. Cook
Lower Broadway
Copeland
Deveryne
Whey
Hill
Chattanooga
Leavy
Colorado Springs
Coler
Guggenheimer
John 8. Coe
Coonan
Grell
Whalen
van Wyck
Michael R. Kelly
East Eighty-eighth Street
William A. Miles
East Thirty-fifth Street
William H. Ehrens
Oak Street
John S. Bolan
Kelly
Miles
East Thirtythird Street
Ahrens
Irving Place
Bolan
Astoria
Ninety-second Street
Rhinelander
Rev D W Wisher Admitted to New York AME Conference
The New York African Methodist Episcopal Conference admitted Rev D W Wisher, former Mount Olivet Baptist Church pastor, after twenty one years in city ministry. He now leads the Metropolitan African Methodist Church in Harlem and aims to build a church edifice. Rev Cea Thornton named new Bridge Street Church pastor, previously Bryn Mawr color church leader in Pennsylvania.
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New York
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bridge Street Church
Brooklyn
D. W. Wisher
Mount Olivet Baptist Church
Wisher
Metropolitan African Methodist Church
Harlem
Bridge Street
Cea’ Thornton
the Color
Bryn ‘Awr
Penn
Derricks
Retired Lawyer Transfers Ward's Island Property
Dennis McMahon formerly on twelve gambler bail bonds has handed his Harlem estate to his daughter. With several bonds forfeited the District Attorney contemplates contempt action. Property encompasses 107 lots from Ward's Island west side and an alleged equity of 5,000.
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Dennis McMahon
Harlem
McMahon
Ward’s Island
Omenon
Aged Hutchinson Visits New York City
John Hutchinson of Lynn Mass an eighty two year old patriarch and last of the Hutchinson Stee enters the Fifth Avenue Hotel. A friend of Wendell Phillips he last appeared in public in 1861 at Madison Square Park singing before about fifty thousand. He is in the city renewing acquaintances and in excellent health.
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Fifth Avenue
John Hutchinson
Lynn
Mass
Mr. Hutchinson
Hutchinson Stee
Wendell Hillips
New York
Madison Square Park
Hutchinson
May Strike at Depew Draws Buffalo Attention
May 31 Buffalo reports intense interest as 400 Depew machinists demand a 10 percent wage raise starting June 1. The New York Central’s reply was delivered at the meeting, with secrecy on action. A rush of a worker claims plans to strike tomorrow, potentially affecting about 1,200 workers in related departments.
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Buffalo
New York Central
Depew
Central
George Goble
Eeting
Two Anarchists Arrested in Madrid May 31 Report
Madrid May 31 two anarchists have been arrested following tips from the Marseilles police. One is a Spaniard the other an Italian. The Italian confessed he was an anarchist and said he planned to go to America.
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Madrid
Marseilles
Filipinos Excluded From Landing in San Francisco
Nine of seventy eight Filipinos arriving in San Francisco en route to Buffalo Bayou will be sent back to Manila. The Marine Hospital and Immigration officials refuse entry to those afflicted with loathsome diseases.
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Ipinos
San Francisco
Francisco
Gal
Buffalo
Marine Hostal
Manila
Ex Captain Cyril W. King Found Guilty in Bribery Case
The sealed verdict in the bribery case against ex Captain and Quartermaster Cyril W. King of the United States Army was opened Thursday night in Mobile Alabama. The case alleged influence on his official actions.
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Mobile
Ala
Cyril W. King
United States Army
United States
Fourteenth District Votes Park Plan for City Block
The Fourteenth District local Board of Public Improvements voted yesterday to convert a city block between Second Avenue and Twenty-sixth Street into a park opposite St. Gabriel's School on Second Avenue.
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Fourteenth District Local Board of Public Improvements
Second Avenues
Coeda
Flower Seller Transfers Plot on Fifth Avenue Lot
Anson R. Flower transferred 120000 dollars to Jeremiah C. Lyons for a 22.5 by 100 feet plot at Fifth Avenue yesterday. The brief real estate action lists the parties and parcel size with no further details.
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Mr. Flower
Fifth Avenue
Anson R. Flower
Jeremiah C. Lyons
Volunteer Regiment Mustered Out
SAN FRANCISCO May 81 The Forty sixth Regiment United States Volunteers was mustered out today.
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San Francisco
United States Volunteers
Ex-Minister Egan President of Firm Fined for Assault
Newark May 81 Second Criminal Court finds John Qualey, president of United States Carbonate Company, guilty of assaulting Patrick Egan former United States Minister to Chile and Wright of Philadelphia. Qualey fined $5 on each of two charges. He claims board faction dispute over resignation and legality of current leadership.
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Newark
N. J
John Qualey
United States Carbonate Company
Patrick Egan
United States
Chile
Wright
Philadelphia
Qualey
Egan
Frank
Aen
West One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street
Last
Ning
John A. Qualey
Papsan
Atrick Egan
Ate Ible
Viccent
E. Wright
Ewark
Harlem Resort Raid Marks First Reform Era Crackdown
Agents of the Society for the Prevention of Crime assisted by police raided the Raines law hotel at 2336 Second Avenue in Harlem. They arrested Andrew Campbell age 23 and David Blackmore age 43 on disorderly house charges after securing warrants from Magistrate Crane.
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Harlem
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Thomas L. McClintock
Mr. Burr
Society
Robert 8. McClellan
Sergt. Sullivan
East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
Héron and
Grady
Crane
Andrew Campbell
Raines Law Hotel
Se. Avenue
David Blackmore
Ender
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
One Hundred
Eth Street
McGlory
Th Street
Drugging of Two Women Stuns Hoboken Area
Joseph Witkin, a West Hoboken druggist, woke to a scene at 4 am as two men carried two unconscious women to his shop. The pair, Susie Green and Annie McCall, aged 19 and 21, recovered after antidotes. Men claimed a picnic origin en route to New York. Police found no clear lead at Vesey Street area.
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Joseph Witkin
Spring Street
West Hoboken
New York
Mr. Witkin
William Garrison
Vesey Church Streets
Manhattan
Kony
Garrison
Witkin
Church Street
Vesey Street
Union Hill
A Woman's Awful Deed in Covington Tragedy
In Covington Kentucky at Western Avenue and Third Street Mrs Kate Hester after quarreling with Ottie Hester at supper shot and killed him and their three year old child then killed herself. The bodies lie in the morgue after a night of gunfire in the Hester home.
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Cincinnati
Ottie Hester
Western Avenue
Third Street
Covington
Kate Hester
Ottie
Boy Dies After Brooklyn Trolley Collision
Five year old John Kruger was fatally struck in Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn between Tompkins and Throop Avenues by a trolley car from Carson after confusion with another approaching car. Carson was arrested and charged with homicide.
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John Kruger
Myrtle Avenue
Tompkins
Throop Avenues
Brooklyn
Carson
Girls Die in Raritan River Wreck Delays Rail Travel
South Amboy May 31 A wreck on the Raritan River Railroad delayed travel on the New York and Long Branch and Pennsylvania lines for three hours. A Raritan River passenger train carrying about a hundred girls bound for work at South River collided with a Pennsylvania freight after a switch shift failed. Several passengers were slightly injured as they were thrown to the floor, and service resumed after tracks were cleared around 9.00.
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South Amboy
N. J
New York and
Long Branch
Central
Pennsylvania
Raritan River
South River
Esperanto as a universal auxiliary language debate
The London Express reports Cyclists' Touring Club officials and observers weigh Esperanto as an auxiliary language for international use. Proponents note ease of learning and practical value for travel, while critics urge broad adoption and propose fewer participles. The piece cites Dr Zamenhof as founder and mentions Russian roots and mixed acceptance by nations and academies.
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London Express
Volapik F
O'Meara
Cyclists’ Touring Club
Touring Club de France
Zamanhof
Postal Box Colors Echo Berlin Sorting Idea
The London authorities may adopt Berlin’s two color system for pillar boxes to aid sorting. Berlin uses blue boxes for foreign mail and yellow for local letters, a practice suggested as a possible model for improving city life and mail handling.
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London
Berlin
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