Presbyterians urge expulsion of Reed Smoot from U S Senate
The 115th general assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States adjourned in Los Angeles on May 30. It adopted strong resolutions urging Congress to expel Apostle Reed Smoot and to amend the federal constitution to define marriage as monogamy and to criminalize polygamy.
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Voting Rights Language in U S Constitution Text
The fragment references penal ties and penalties such as disfranchisement and disqualification to vote or hold office under U S jurisdiction. It notes authority over voting rights across states and territories and emphasizes penalties for violations or restrictions in elections.
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Youthful Lovers Die Together In Despair At Scranton
Mary McAndrew a 17 year old and John Cavanaugh 19 agreed to die together after despair over troubles. They drank poison in woods, Cavanaugh died, Mary later took more poison then returned to work before dying. A note in her dress predicted Cavanaugh's body would be found near the Boston farmhouse.
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John Cavanaugh
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Mary McAndrew
Boston
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Navy Board Completes Coast Defense Scheme
The Naval General Board in Washington outlines an elaborate plan for coast defense of the Atlantic Pacific Gulf and Great Lakes regions. Admiral Dewey calls it vitally important to the country with coordination among the navy life saving stations weather signals and telecommunication networks and a large naval militia role to form patrol crews.
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Pacific
Gulf
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coast service
Spain
army
weather bureau
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Conciliation Marred by Credential Dispute in Mine Talks
In Wilkesbarre, May 30, operators and miners clash over the latters board eligibility. National President Mitchell may summon district presidents Nicholls Dettrey and Fahy to Buffalo to resolve the credential issue and possibly trigger a new miners convention. The sides debate qualification and majority support for credentials. Miss Alice Roosevelt’s Exciting Ride to the Albany wedding after a salon seat incident with fire engines nearby. Baseball scores recap: American League Boston beat Washington 7 2 and Philadelphia 7 3, National League Brooklyn 3 Philadelphia 4, New York 2 Boston 3.
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Mine Workers’ Union
tee district
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Dettrey
Fahy
Buffalo
Roosevelt
Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Albanry
NLW
Ruth Pruyn
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Kansas Flood Deluges Kansas City Area and Beyond
Vast floods sweep Kansas and neighboring states with towns like Topeka Abilene and Guthrie reporting levees breached bridges washed out and hundreds of homes ruined. The Missouri and Kansas rivers rise breaking records as residents evacuate and rescue efforts continue amid mounting losses. Five drownings reported near Council Grove and extensive property damage across multiple counties and towns.
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west bottom
Maple Hill
Rossville
Silver Lake
Russia
Morris county
Council Grove
M.R. Smith
Drovers’ Bank
Robbins drug store
Main street
Neosho river
Missouri Pacific
Kansas
Texas
Harlem
Burlington Railway
Argentine
Parkville
Employees Must Not Drink Under Railway Rule
The Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company enforces a long standing rule banning intoxicants by its employees. Division superintendents urge adherence and several men, especially in Pattville, have been discharged for drinking while in uniform. The rule targets on duty drinking and habitual indulgence with many dismissals reported this week across state divisions.
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Filipino Leader Arrested on Brigandage and Embezzlement Charges
Manila May 20 The government arrested Democratic Labor Union President Dominadnor Gomez after seizing and examining union books. He faces charges of misappropriating funds brigandage fraudulent stock sales and organizing an illegal association. Union dues exceed 109 900 pesos with a 2 000 peso deficit.
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Dominadnor Gomez
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Nationalist party
Slavery Probe in Alabama Linked to Brutal Punishment
Federal grand jury testimony details a Black woman held in servitude on a Goodwater farm who was whipped and hanged by a rope, dying two days later. Investigators also report arrests of Floram Pruett and others for conspiracy to sell enslaved people, with more cases involving two prominent planters. Mrs. Roosevelt attends Groton prize exercises before visiting Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt. A western Pennsylvania hotel siege ends with burglars thwarted after lootings and a second raid, windows shattered, and guns firing.
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Montgomery
Ala
federal grand jury
FLOM. Pruett
Goodwater
Ed Moody
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United States grand jury
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Lewis
Walton
Elizabeth
Local funeral notices for four residents and a train fatality
The piece lists funeral details for Ruth Thornton William Murdock Lewis Fout Kugese Haas and others with service times at homes and cemeteries. It notes A T Rice & Sons funeral directors and a Baltimore incident where a B and O Railroad train struck a man, with the body arriving in the city for services at Mt Olivet cemetery conducted by Rev Fr Craig.
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Lewis A. Fout
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B. V. Switzer
John D. Gonerd
lewis F. Goward
Daniel
Fost
George Iteng
Faward Gonptelt
Mt. Olivet cemetery
Fr. Craig
J. C. Langerman
G. W. Haver
R. A. Dannis
D. C. Pope
T. B. Stringer
Baltimore
F.Obenderfer
Postmaster Payne Publishes Merritt Reply in Tulloch Case
Washington May 20 Postmaster General Payne released Merritt’s response to Tulloch charges. Merritt claims a false voucher was presented and receipts were signed in blank on pay rolls during Tulloch’s tenure as cashier. He asserts no complaints filed by Tulloch about irregularities, defends paying certain expenses from Washington post office funds, and hints at ongoing investigations beyond July 1.
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Catro
Clarida
East St. ‘Louis
Flushing
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Freehold
N.J. ren Pa
Hagerstown
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Feens’ Point, Wis
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Grand Jury Recommends Tougher Laws on boodling and stature
St Louis grand jury in its final report cites widespread boodling at the state capitol and urges stronger penalties for lobbying, extending the statute of limitations to seven years, and forfeiture of franchises obtained by boodling. It reports 39 days of sessions, 1,373 witnesses, 149 true bills, and 13 not true bills with entangling testimony and venality among lawmakers. Pencoyd discharges 190 union moulders at Philadelphia iron works amid anti union measures. A New York investigation traces a kidnap ring of young girls in Late Italy aided by fortune tellers, with several arrests anticipated.
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New York
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