Naval station on Porto Nive eyed by secretary and board
Secretary Long will appoint a board of officers soon to travel to Porto Nive and assess the advisability of establishing a United States naval station on that island. Willem J. Bryan to speak in Watertown on the 25th at Rev. T. N. Dunning’s invitation. Hazen S. Magree in London with dysentery and suspected peritonitis.
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Watertown
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Development of the Material Resources of Mississippi
Letter from Stephen V. Fisher to Chancellor Fulton discusses Mississippi's resources, railroads, and economic history. It argues Mississippi's growth depended on broader capital, rail access via interstate charters, diversifying crops beyond cotton, and removing bond repudiation stigma. It contrasts northern and southern development and urges educated Mississippians to unite capital and effort for state progress.
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Dowie's Paranoia Flares Over Kidnap Plot at Zion
Chicago June 17 John Alexander Dowie claimed physicians plotted to kidnap him and place him in a detention hospital to strip away his sanity. He warned Zion followers to remain after services to guard against the alleged plot and vowed retaliation against the doctors.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
Elijah
Lek
Zion
Arming For Trouble In Leavenworth
June 17 Leavenworth Kansas police and Fort Leavenworth officers work to curb a potential plan by local African Americans to arm themselves with revolvers sold by soldiers. Investigations follow after Lieut. F L Deen set a trap and several privates sold weapons to circumscribed buyers.
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Kas
Fort Leavenworth
Fred. Alexander
F. L. Deen
The Search for Edwards Leads Officers on Long Pursuit
The pursuit of Prince Edwards, sought for the murder of John Gray Foster, continues across northeast Texas. Sheriff and officers work day and night but face evasive leads as they track the suspect through rural areas amid quiet conditions at Benton.
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Shreveport
Prince Edwards
John Gray Foster
Texas
Marshall
Tex
Edwards
Benton
Constitution Rigging Near Complete In Bristol Harbor
The Constitution nears readiness as Aggers and crew members finish rigging allowing the yachting ensign and New York Yacht Club pennant to fly again. A large crowd of visitors views steam yachts and steamboats arriving in Bristol Harbor to see the cup defender.
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Bristol
R. I
Constitution
New York Yacht Club
Philippine customs receipts rise by nearly a million in 1901 first quarter
The War Department divisional report shows Philippine islands customs revenues totaling 2 199 394 dollars for the first quarter of 1901, a 940 515 dollar increase from the same period in 1900. The document highlights the surge in insular revenues under U S control.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
GEN CAILLES TO SURRENDER FOLLOWING AGREEMENT
In Manila on June 17 Col Infante and Guivara signed to surrender Gen Cailles and his forces. Cailles will evacuate his merc at Santa Cruz Laguna and surrender to American authorities. The insurgent group exceeds five hundred men and has operated east of Manila Bay. Cailles, a French half breed, led harsh campaigns and faced pursuit after Aguinaldo’s capture. Washington officials welcome his imminent surrender.
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Cailles
Santa Cruz
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Society of Mando-Lducats
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Edward N. Jones, Jr
Eighth Infantry
Aguinalito
Sumner
Federal Party
Washington
War Department
Callles
Department
Wis
Kitchener Reports Boers Attack on Beaston Camp
Lord Kitchener cabled of an attack near Welmansrust south of Middelburg on June 12. Boers surprised 250 Victorian mounted rifles, killing two officers and 16 men, wounding 38, with 24 later slightly hurt. Two pompons captured. two officers and 4 men escaped to Beaston. Casualties mark Australian reverse amid ongoing Boer resistance.
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Pretoria
Welmansrust
Middelburg
Beaston
Steenkoolspruit
de Wet
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Kruger
Daily Mail
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Bulawayo
Ex-Congressman Peters Named Pension Commissioner
Ex-Congressman S. Peters of Kansas is summoned to Washington to be tendered the pension commissioner post, succeeding H. Clay Evans. President McKinney has considered ex-Congressmen Blue and Peters for the role. Peters’ selection appears settled. A second item notes Joseph Hays Thompson, a Minneapolis pioneer business figure, dies at 57 from Bright's disease. Also reported are the arrest of three men in San Francisco implicated in a mining stock swindle.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
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Kas
5S. K. Peters
Kansas
Washington
H. Clay Evans
McKinney
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Minn
Joseph Hays Thompson
Bright
San Francisco
Tornado devastates county farmsteads and injures several
Dr Foxtos reports a tornado in the extreme southeast county path destroying McCormick house and Gardner home. The McCormicks, Gardner family and Palmer farm residents suffer serious injuries and property loss including livestock. Two hours of heavy rain left about three inches measured.
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McCormick's
Ganiner
Palmer Farm
Gillespie
Ainline
Jealous Lover Dies After Slaying Mary Bolte
William Meinhoffer, 23, who shot Mary Bolte after a quarrel, died early Sunday at Berlhm hospital days after the act in New York. A note found on him claimed revenge for being deceived and wrecked life. Bolte, formerly of Los Angeles, also died at the hospital.
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Mary Bolte
New York
Wm. Meinhoffer
Berlham Hospital
Miss Bolte
Melchoffer
William Meinhoffer
Meinhoffer
Los Angeles
Cal
Fiend Jealousy Drives Farm Hand to Murder Wife
James Churchill killed Minnie Churchill, 30, at her father Daniel Minturn’s Newfield home nine miles from Ithaca, crushing her skull with a iron bar as she slept beside their seven year old daughter. Minturn was also attacked and is not expected to survive. Churchill attempted suicide with carbolic acid but survived. arrest followed.
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Ithacs
N. Y
James Churchill
Minnie Churchill
Newfield
Daniel Minturn
Churchill
Ithaca
Woolley Plans World Tour to Study Liquor Trade
Prohibition candidate John G. Woolley began a world tour to gather data on liquor traffic and conditions for a forthcoming book. He will sail from San Francisco on the Marposa steamship June 29, after leaving Chicago on June 17 to compile material for his anti liquor movement studies.
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John G. Woolley
Chicago
Wolley
San Francisco
Mariposa
Russian labor troubles surge with rioters clashing in St. Petersburg
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports renewed labor disturbances as Baltic naval yard strikers join Guordimann workers to attack them, prompting military intervention. Separate items note Modern Woodmen of America backing a fraternal building at St Louis Exposition and a corn crop hit by army worms in Pana Illinois with 40 acres ruined according to Charles Feagan.
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Guordimann Works
St. Louis
Pana
Ijl
Charles Feagan
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