Pensioners Cut Off Decrease 200 A Day
Civil War veterans are being removed from federal pension rolls at about 200 per day. Death accounts for roughly 120 daily, while a March 27 ruling adds 50 more removals, targeting those with under ninety days of actual Civil War service due to furloughs. Ohio and Illinois regiments face widespread loss as papers cited missing proofs and furlough periods lead to disqualifications.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
Minois
56Th
Mechanics Fusiliers
Ohio
War Department
Illinois
Louisville
Rock Island
Ill
Department
Jesse E. Wilson
Secretary of the Interior
Civil Service Rules Bar Classified Workers From Campaigns
Washington June 5 The Civil Service Commission amended its rules by presidential order to prohibit all competitive classified employees from active participation in political campaigns. They may vote and express private opinions but must refrain from political management or campaigning. The rule excludes postmasters marshals and other non classified workers.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Ands
North Carolina
Russia protests to U S over Michigan killings incident
Washington reports Baron Rosen Russian Ambassador complains to the State Department that Michigan officials were not prosecuted for the killing of a Finn during a miners riot about a year ago. Finns urging punishment ask the Russian ambassador to press U S authorities, with the State Department to present the case to Michigan authorities.
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Washington
State Department
Michigan
New Yorker Dying in Los Angeles at Ocean Park
Los Angeles June 5. O. Lockwood Jr of New York lies dying at the Unique apartments Ocean Park from enlargement of the heart. The attending physician says there is no hope of recovery. Mr Lockwood is the son of a New York lawyer living at 17 East 67th Street.
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the Tribune
Los Angeles
Lockwood, Jr
New York
Unique Apartments
Ocean Park
Lockwood
Oo. Lockwood
No. 17
East 67Th Street
Japanese Dispute Nears Legal Settlement in San Francisco
Washington reports the Japanese Consul General may sue San Francisco for damages from the May 2 mob attack on the Horseshoe restaurant and Folsom bath house. California officials describe the incident as labor unrest with race feeling a minor factor, while Tokyo and London dispatches note diplomatic sensitivity and calls to protect Japan US relations.
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Washington
San Francisco
Gillett
California
Root
Mall
State Department
Adjutant General of
Devlin
Tokio
Progressive Party
Baron Hayashi
China
United States
Manchuria
Japan
America
London
Reuter
Bulldog Delivered to President Roosevelt at White House
A brindle bulldog in a large crate arrived at the White House with a red white and blue collar and a bag of bones and meat. S. M. Smith of Celina Ohio sent the pup addressed to the President and the fate of the dog sparked negotiation among White House staff and reporters before being offered to others or sent to the zoo.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
White House
President Roosevelt
S. M. Smith
Celina
Ohio
Smith
Loeb
Mr. Smith
James Sloan
Secret Service
Sloan
Pete
J. Loeb
Mr. Loeb
Siam
Penitent exiled Swedish vice consul seeks forgiveness
In Washington on June 5 a contrite Swedish vice consul, Charles A. A. Ekstromer, regrets a harsh letter to the President after losing his exequatur and consular post. The State Department removed him. President may restore credentials if Secretary Root sees no serious objection. Ekstromer had been a stockholder with E. G. Lewis, whose mail privileges were barred.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
St. Laws
Charles A. A. Ekstromer
United States
State Department
Ekstromer
Ekstremer
Secretary Root
Cunard Slashes Steerage Rate Amid Mediterranean Race
A steerage rate war heats between Cunard and Italian lines as Cunard’s Altonia calls at Naples today charging passengers $15 steerage. Italian services had been trimming fares to Naples, with expectations that other lines Lloyd Italiana, Italian Royal Mali, and La Veloce may follow.
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Cunard Line
Mediterranean
Cunard
Altonia
Naples
la Veloce
Orchard Story of Bomb Plots and Murders in Miners Case
Testimony traced J H Orchard’s long confessions linking Western Federation of Miners leaders Haywood Moyer Pettibone to a spree of mining violence. He described bombings at Vindicator and Independence depots, killings of Gregory and McCormick, and plots against Governor Peabody and Bradley, with payments funneled from federation offices.
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Vindicator
Horsley
Colorado
Moyer
Hawley
Denver
Peabody
Steve Adams
Capitol
Haywood
Pettibone
Adams
Orchard
Lyte Gregory
Federation
Gregory
Independence
Wyoming
San Francisco
Bradley
McCormick
Beck
Perkins
Davis
Meldrim
Haywood, Pettibone
Jack" Simpkins
Systematic Outlawry in Idaho Mining Strike Exposed
Boise, June 5. Harry Orchard testified he uses the name Alfred Horsley and details life in Canada and the United States before joining the Western Federation of Miners. He described a planned April 29 1899 meeting to blow up a mine and hang a superintendent at Wardner with a march from Burke to join the Gem Union.
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Idaho
Orchard
Montana
Butte
Utah
Ben Butler
Salt Lake City
Little Cottonwood
California
Arizona
Cripple Creek
Col
Western Federation of Miners
W. ¥. Davis
Davis
Vindicator
Bull Hill
Chares H. Moyer
William Ob. Haywood
Federation
W. F. Davis
Sherman Parker
Schultz
Ackerman
McCormack
Mel Beck
Parker
Denver
Victor
W. B. Easterly
Boise
Harry Orchard
Northumberland County
Canada
Hawley
Alfred Horsley
United States
Spokane
Wallace
Markel Brothers
Burke
Serpia
Union
Wardner
Sullivan
Bunker Hill
Northern Pacific
Gem
Gem Union
Central Union
Pennsylvania Special Fastest Train to Chicago Since 1905
The Pennsylvania Special, introduced in 1905, runs New York to Chicago in about 18 hours with a near perfect on time record. Features include latest Pullman equipment, dining car, parlor car, bath, stenographer, barber/valet, and ladies maid, making it the most convenient long distance train of its era. Other trains run to St. Louis, Cleveland, and Cincinnati.
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Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Defrauded the Government by Fraudulent Rebates Case
Baltimore June 5 John H Seward operating as J H Seward & Co pleaded guilty in U S District Court to two indictments One charging him with fraudulent rebates against the government and the other with conspiring to defraud by mixing sawdust and water with decayed fruit to obtain increased rebates Judge Morris suspended sentence until July 3 to allow settlement of affairs
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Baltimore
John H. Seward
J. H. Seward & Co
United States District Court Today
Morris
Railroad assessments increased in Mississippi
Jackson Miss June 5 The Mississippi Railroad Commission sitting as a board of equalization increased the assessment of the property of common carriers by 2 250 000 making the total about 48 000 000 The heaviest rise was on the Mobile Jackson Kansas City Railroad about 1 000 000
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Railroad Commission
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad
Sails to Claim $1,000,000 Fortune in Liverpool
Milford New Hampshire June 5 Jerome Prince a Nicrarian in the Hotchkiss Home Tilton will sail from Boston June 19 for Liverpool to claim a fortune of $1,000,000 said left by two uncles. The money is deposited in a Liverpool bank awaiting transfer and status.
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the Tribune
Milford
N. H
Jerome Prince
Tilton
Boston
Liverpool
Trust Fund From 58 Years Ago For Jerome Prince
A bank fund is the accumulation of a sum deposited at interest fifty eight years ago by Benjamin Prince and Lyman Prince in trust for Jerome Prince.
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Benjamin Prince
Lyman Prince
Jerome Prince
Foraker Safe in Brownsville Despite Claims of Attacks
Washington reports Senator Foraker was assured it would be safe for him to visit Brownsville even as he challenged claims that black soldiers were firing on the town. Brownsville witness Louis Cowan denied predicting tar and feathering. his wife recounts a fusillade that sent bullets into their home while Armando Martinez, a Mexican woman, described seeing a firing soldier.
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Meyer
Easterly
Vindicator
McCormick
Beck
Haywood
Moyer
Asterly
Cripple Creek
Owney Haines
Orchard
Denver
Parker
Davis
Florence & Cripple Creek
Independence
Colorado
Steve Adams
Sherman Parker
Washington
Foraker
Brownsville
Louis Cowan
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
St. Louis
Cowan
Senator Foraker
Company D
Armado Martinez
Heney Charges Schmitz Jury Opens Trial for Extortion
In San Francisco on June 5 Assistant District Attorney Heney opened the case against Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz for alleged extortion of French restaurant keepers. The prosecution presented Reagan in chief testimony and examined the Police Commission minute books and its secretary to link the Mayor and Ruef to intimidation and licensing.
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San Francisco
Heney
Thomas Reagan
Police Commission
Eugene E. Schmitz
Abraham Ruef
Ruef
Sutton
WANTS DIVORCE IN OLD AGE IN NEWARK NJ
George A Hull aged seventy one of Newark New Jersey files for divorce from Adelaide J Hull four years his junior. She resides in Orange. He says she deserted him two years ago. The couple married in 1856 and have six children.
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George A. Hull
Newsark
N. J
Adelaide J. Hull
Small Earthquake Shocks Felt in Frisco and Albany
A light quake was felt in San Francisco at 12 27 p m with a north to south oscillation and no damage reported. Earlier, Washington seismographs logged a distant quake starting about 10 29 p m lasting nearly an hour, while Albany noted a seismograph reading at the State Museum.
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San Francisco
Washington
Weather Bureau
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Jack” Simpkins
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Fred” Bradley
Coeur d'Alenes
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