Peary Seeks Funds for Ninth Arctic Expedition
Explorer Commander Robert E. Peary arrives in New York after Washington conference with the Vice President and seeks 50 000 dollars to finance his ninth Arctic expedition. He has about 15 000 dollars in supplies and aims to push west of Cape Columbia along the Grantland coast to counter ice drift in reaching the pole.
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Arctic
Robert BE. Peary
Washington
New York
North Pole
Peary
Grantland
Cape Columbia
Point Moss
Pole
Fight for the Pennant Standings in Major Leagues
National League led by Chicago with 15 wins 7 losses and Pittsburg 13 9, Cincinnati 12, Philadelphia 13 10, St. Louis 10, New York 13 12, Brooklyn 9. American League topped by New York 15 9, St. Louis 15 9, Philadelphia 17 10, Chicago 12, Cleveland 13 11, Washington 10, Detroit 12. American Association shows Toledo 14 8 and Louisville 17, Indianapolis 18 10, Kansas City 12, Columbus 17 11, Minneapolis 8, Milwaukee 16 12, St Paul 4. Western League lists Omaha 18, Lincoln 13, Denver 16 11, Des Moines 11, Sioux City 18 12, Pueblo 7.
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Chicago
Boston
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Phildphia
St. Louis
New York
Brooklyn
Phil'd'Iphia
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Doston
American Association
Toledo
Louisville
Ind
Polis
Kansas City
Columbus
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Omaha
Lincoln
Denver
Des Moines
Sioux City
Pueblo
Bis
Japan Yields to America in Tokyo Trade Pact
Ambassador O'Brien has sent the US Japan convention to Washington securing American commercial interests in Japan and Korea. After three years of discussion he pressed Japanese officials and held conferences. The two nations reached a satisfactory agreement on all points avoiding recurring past irritations.
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O’brien
Washington
Tokio
United States
Japan
America
Korea
Ohio tobacco beds destroyed by night riders
Reports from Ripley Ohio say cavalry cannot prevent tobacco bed destruction in Brown county. Farmers withhold bed locations hindering protective patrols. Lieutenant Chamberlain in Higginsport has assumed policing duties at local request. Secret service agents are active in the county gathering evidence against night riders.
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Ripley
Ohio
Chamberlain
Higginsport
Brown County
Supreme Court Invalidates Texas Railroad Tax Law
The Galveston and San Antonio Railway Company v. State of Texas challenged a 1905 Texas tax law setting railroads within the state at 1 percent of gross earnings and proportionate rates for partial within state operations. Justice Holmes delivered the opinion, ruling the measure as an unconstitutional attempt to regulate interstate commerce.
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Galveston and San Antonio Railway Company
the -Tate
Texas
Supreme Court of the
United States
Hell
Justice Holmes
Detroit magnate dies after cab strike and apoplexy
Smith W. Ketchum, 65, a prominent Detroit businessman, died at Sisters' Hospital in Buffalo from a stroke caused by being struck by a cab while boarding a street car. The incident suggests the fatal apoplexy followed the collision.
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Smith W. Ketchum
Detroit
Sisters’ Hospital
Buffalo
Traveling Man Ends Life in Columbus Hotel
F. C. Moore of Xenia a traveling man shot and killed himself in his room at the Whittenden hotel Columbus Ohio.
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F. C. Moore
Xenia
Whittenden Hotel
Columbus
Ohio
Girl's body found in canal near Princeton library
Miss Bertha Vanderbilt assistant librarian at Princeton University Library was found dead in the Raratan canal near Carnegie lake aqueduct Princeton N J Two persons burned to death one missing a hospital report cites fe intoxication home and a fourth missing resulting from incident in this article
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Add
Joe
Gunness Murder Farm Scenes and Methodist Conference
The piece discusses church debates on amusement questions and the incoming quadrennial General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church marking its centenary since 1808. It notes leadership changes on the bishops’ board, aging officials, and the church’s growth and national reach amid internal discussions and financial planning.
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Methodist Church
Board of Bishops
Joyce
McCabe
Fowler
Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Republic
Methodists In Conference In Session At Baltimore
The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church meets in Baltimore during May as the law making body. It draws a vast gathering with missionary zeal and concerns over creed revision and faith articles amid a global church reach and historic foundations.
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General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
John Wesley
Murder Farm Scene Draws Thousands as Gunness Case Deepens
Laporte India mayor Lemuel Darrow vows a more vigorous probe into the Belle Gunness murder mystery as thousands flock to the scene. Authorities hold two letters to Mrs Gunness and suspect a partner in the death luring marriage bureau, possibly Ray Lamphere.
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Gunness
Laporte
Bessie Wallace
Ray Lamphere
Lemuel Darrow
Ind
Belle Gunness
Law
Weather and crop losses from Texas rain and hail
A heavy rain and hailstorm in Laredo Texas caused major damage to onion crops with an estimated one third loss. Iowa farmers in Chickasaw county log large cottonwood timber to capitalize on high timber prices. A Forest Service grazing rule restricts sheep on National Forest land.
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Laredo
Texas
Chickasaw County
Iowa
Stony Creek National Forest
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Pgpublic
Fleet Itinerary Sets World Cruise for Battleship Fleet
President Roosevelt approves the Atlantic battleship fleet’s around the world voyage from San Francisco on July 7 via Honolulu Auckland Sydney Melbourne Albany Australia Philippines Yokohama and Amoy. Itineraries show staged arrivals and a split at Yokohama ending in Manila by early November.
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Roosevelt
Philippines
China
Japan
Manila
San Francisco
Honolulu
Auckland
Sydney
Melbourne
Albany
Australia
Yokohama
Amoy
Census reveals divorce statistics from bachelor agents
A humorous note on 100 bachelor agents collecting divorce data to learn who caused separations and alimony patterns. From 1867 to 1887 over 328000 divorces were filed, rising to over 1,400,000 by 1897, with rural and urban areas reporting most cases and a divorce filed every three minutes.
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Census ‘Bureau
Amajer
Arriman Denies Government Suit Over Railroad System
Harriman and associates file general denials in Salt Lake City to a federal suit seeking dissolution of the Union Pacific system. Harriman argues they did not own a controlling stake or conspire to restrain trade. He contends acquisition of lines aimed at none monoply and disputes competition claims with Southern Pacific, Oregon Navigation, and related carriers.
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Arriman
Harriman
Salt Lake
W.A. Clarke
Schiff
Kahn
Stillpan
Unio Pacific
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Oregon
Oul Navigation Company
Ponti
Senate delays Brownsville affair as voting shifts to December
The Senate postponed further consideration of the Brownsville affair to December 16 after extended debate. Foraker urged early voting on his bill, and his motion to take it up next December passed 62 to 6. The session also dealt with currency, tariff, and appropriation bills, with passage of measures including the Vreeland currency bill and a large sundry civil appropriation.
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Brownsville
Senate
Foraker
Culberson
Texas
Rayner
William F. Stewart
Army
Committee On
House
United States
Agricultural and Post Office
Court of Claims For
Vreeland
Committee On Finance
Aldrich
Keifer
Ohio
Sherwood
Appalachian Mountains
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Maine
Carter
Postal Savings Bank
Inland Waterways Commission
Minnesota
Committee On Ways and Means
Weyburn
Idaho
Bulkeley
Connecticut
Twenty-fifth Infantry
New York Weather and Trade Trends Signal Mixed Recovery
Weather remains irregular with warm spells and heavy rain. trade and crops show fluctuating demand but overall improvement in commerce. Cotton goods markets appear to have bottomed on prices while woolen orders rise and carpet and silk ribbon sales surge. Large centers report fall buying gains. pig iron quotas fail to stabilize prices, easing costs for borrowers. US business failures total 281 for the week ending May 14, with Canada at 22.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Southwest
Northwest
United States
Canada
National Capital Notes and Naval Appropriation Update
A parcels post convention between the United States and The Netherlands takes effect July 3. The Senate adopts the naval appropriation bill totaling 122,662,715 dollars. The text also notes San Francisco’s 1901 Lake Wolcanor and Hehey valley request.
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National Capital
United States
Netherlands
Senate
San Francisco
Wolcanor
Hetehy Valley
Financial tone of Dun's Review signals cautious business outlook
Dun's Review of Trade reports fewer fall and winter orders as mortgage and bank deposits rise while coal labor troubles loom. Industry shows no worse costs but cautious contracting. inland demand steadier for general merchandise, though delayed farm work slows pace. Failures in Chicago district rise to 24 with seven liabilities over 5000.
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Chicago
Dun
Review of Trade
Market Prices Across Cities for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains
Price ranges listed for multiple markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and New York for cattle hogs and sheep plus commodities wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and hay. Values shown as No. 2 grades and shipping or fair to choice levels with cents per bushel or per hundredweight.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
New York
Nowtheia
Imesa
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