Death of Fitz John Porter General
Morristown New Jersey May 22 General Fitz John Porter aged 80 died after weeks of illness from chronic diabetes Pallbearers include Generals Webb Scofield Butterfield Franklin and Smith and ex Majors Mawitt and Oracn Les Wc, mander of the department of the east, will oversee funeral arrangements Porter a West Point graduate 1845 served in Mexican War Civil War general later honorably restored to rank in 1866 after court martial and public vindication His career included presidencies of New Jersey insane asylum and New York fire commission He declined an offer to command in Egypt. Olympian Games in Chicago May 22 1904 assignment greeted with celebration at Chicago University and plans for stadiums and athletic grounds. No Special Session in New Jersey Trenton May 22 Governor Voorhees declined to call the legislature into special session to create a district sewerage commission for Essex and Passaic counties despite urging. remains of Mrs Catharina Y Clayton aged 88 to be buried in Annapolis where she was born.
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Portsmouth
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West Point
New Jersey
Trenton
Voorhees
Tompkins
Newark board of trade
Essex
Passaic
Passaic river
Twenty Years Proof Tutt's Liver Pills Claim Cure
A testimonial praises Tutt's Liver Pills as an absolute cure for sick headache dyspepsia sour stomach constipation and related ailments. R P Smith of Chilesburg Virginia reports twenty years of liver disease ended by the pills, declaring they cannot be done without.
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R. P. Smith
Chilesburg
NERVITA MEDICAL CO
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Clinton and Jackson Sts
Chicago
Clinton E. Main
Draggist
Fraderick, Ma
Cadets punished after West Point mutiny cases
Washington May 22 Colonel A I Mills left for West Point for an order reading five cadets to be dismissed and six suspended on mutiny and discipline breaches. Minor punishments will hit many others as hazing suppression continues.
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Washington
Col
A. I. Mills
Military Academy
secretary of war
West Point
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Philippines
academy
war department
Ralston
Death of Father Phillips Probed by Coroner
Coroner Bausch said Father Phillips Coroner reported the priest was in poor health and collapsed suddenly. The autopsy and remarks imply he died after a drinking episode with Stanley, who then delayed notifying authorities, a crime highlighted by the coroner.
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Father Phillips
New York
Bausch
Stanley
Machinists Gratifed as Firms Settle Disputes Across Cities
President OConnell reported rapid settlements in the machinists strike with about 7,000 out in San Francisco and 3,000 in Cincinnati. By May 22 large firms across Chicago Philadelphia and the South had agreed to a nine hour day. In Dunkirk New York 700 workers at Brooks locomotive works struck and the works were closed, affecting 2,600 employees.
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O'Connell
San Francisco
Chicago
Philadelphia
Dunkirk
N. Y
Brooks locomotive works
Conference in New York Aims for joint talks on machinist dispute
May 23 New York Henry F Devens of the Metal Trades association went to the strikers to arrange a joint conference so the men can state demands and the employers can learn them. President O Connell authorized a conference. District No 15 machinists executive board hopeful a quick settlement in favor of workers as major firms in New York reportedly agreed. The key issue is whether ten hours pay for nine hours work accompanies the nine hour day.
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New York
Henry F Devens
Métal Trades’ association
Astor House
Devens
Washington
O'Connell
International Association of Machinists
District No. 15
New York city
Metal Trades association
Favorable to Strikers in Cincinnati Threaten Final Stand
In Cincinnati the strike situation favors the workers as additional firms sign union pacts and about 100 more men return to work. Some 2,500 machinists remain out in large shops while management plans to bring in outside non union labor and issue ultimatums. No violence reported.
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Cincinnati
Odd Fellows’ Temple
strkers
Miners Hours Bill and Delaware Channel Funding
Harrisburg May 22. A bill to limit minors hours in factories to nine daily was introduced by Mr. James of Lackawanna. Another bill allocates 200000 dollars to deepen the Delaware river channel and improve Philadelphia harbor. Several bills passed or failed in the house, including measures on dress ed carcasses, personal voter registration, and mine inspector duties. In the senate the factory inspectors bill faced final passage but was postponed after reconsideration. The Assembly also passed a bill restricting cousin marriages and a bill increasing mine inspectors.
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Delaware river
Philadelphia
Delaware state line
Jones
James
Lackawanne
Pennsylvania
snes
Hutt
house
senate
Death of Ex Congressmen Boutelle in Massachusetts
Boston May 22 Former Congressman Charles A Boutelle of Bangor Maine died yesterday at McLean asylum Waverly Massachusetts. He had been at the institution for months for brain trouble and pneumonia was the primary cause developing last Sunday. Boutelle was 62 and after retiring from Congress last winter was placed on the retired list of the Army 89th and captain.
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Bangor
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Nuggets of News from Across the Nation and Abroad
The National Congress of Mothers meets in Columbus Ohio. Topeka Kansas is now fully governed by Prohibition advocates. Gen William Kapps, formerly consul at Sydney, committed suicide by shooting in Portland Oregon at age 66. Nourouiah the Turkish wrestler defeated three Americans in Buffalo in 30 minutes last night.
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National Congress of Mothers
Columbus
O. Topeka
Kan
Wiliam Kapps
McKinley to Start Home Next Saturday After San Francisco Visit
President McKinley cheered by about fifty thousand San Francisco school children as he and Mrs McKinley admired the welcoming crowds. He spoke on education and opportunity and signaled a possible return to Washington next Saturday if Mrs McKinley remains well. The event included long processions along Van Ness Avenue with flags and flowers from thousands of pupils.
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McKinley
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Van Ness avenue
Jackson street
Market street
Jackson
Market
California
Sacramento
carriago
San _Francisco
United States
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