Charges Against Neely in Cuban Postal Frauds
The war department and justice system move to pursue two formal counts against Neely tied to Cuban postal frauds. Proceedings aim to strengthen extradition chances, with charges alleging illegal conversion of public funds and a desire to avoid miscarriages of justice.
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Washington
War Department
Wood
Havana
Neely
Department of Justice
Burnett
New York
United States
Cuba
Ibis
President sails down Potomac aboard Sylph with Cabinet
The President and cabinet members sailed down the Potomac River this afternoon on the naval yacht Sylph as guests of Secretary Long. They proceeded to Milan Head and returned to Washington City around 9 o clock.
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Washington
Naal
Sylph
Secretary Long
Milan
Boers Refuse Unconditional Surrender Fight to Finish
Transvaal government insists it will not surrender unconditionally and will defend Johannesburg and Pretoria. Kruger Steyn and other leaders push for continued resistance though some officials seek terms. Reports of relocations, civilian evacuations, and British advances fill daily dispatches from Pretoria and London.
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Limes
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Raad
Louis Roth
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Weather Summary Across Cities Including Boston and New England
Weather data from multiple locales notes fair conditions in Boston for Wednesday with unsettled but generally fair Thursday and rising temperatures. New England forecast shows partly cloudy days with variable winds. Local stations report temperatures around the mid 60s to low 70s across major cities with mixed clear and cloudy conditions and light to moderate winds from various directions.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Major Tobacco Warehouse Fire Ravages Danville District
A devastating blaze in Danville Virginia damaged two of the country’s largest tobacco warehouses along with two factories and a storage site. More than 800,000 pounds of bright leaf tobacco valued around 160000 dollars and buildings worth about 35000 dollars were destroyed. Several farmers narrowly escaped. Fire was brought under control after the inferno swept through the district.
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Danville
Lewiston and Auburn Caucuses Decide County Ticket
Republicans in Lewiston and Auburn held late day caucuses to choose delegates for the county convention. In Lewiston Sheriff George F. Huskins faced opposition but led the ticket with 1501 votes to 491 for Rendall Dresser, ensuring Huskins’s renomination. The contest featured close voting, challenges at the polls, and a split Callahan faction amid high partisan tension.
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George F. Huskins
Huskins
F. M. Drew
W. B. Skelton
Rendall Dresser
I. W. Oakes
R. W. Crockett
Callahan
Dresser
Wwuskins
County Attorney Nomination Battles In Auburn Convention
In Auburn a contest for county attorney arises as McCann and Skelton vie for the nomination. The piece notes McCann carries the delegation in his city and expects a fight at the convention over the county attorney post.
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Drew
McCann
Auburn
Skelton
Bitter county race culminates in McCann delegate win
Auburn May 22. A fierce Republican fight over county attorney renomination ends with McCann winning delegates. Tim W. Oakes led opposition and criticized McCann’s ties to enforcement of the liquor law. Voters totaled 1086. McCann tickets secured 5 votes to 435 for the opposing Dukes slate.
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Auburn
Republican Party
George E. McCann
McCann
Tim W. Oakes
Dukes
Cholera Closes Relief Works Amid Mumbai Outbreak
London reports Lord Curzon confirms cholera remains widespread in Bombay and other areas, reducing relief-work manpower. He notes frequent showers improving water supply in some regions. Total relief recipients stand at 6,007,000.
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London
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Bombay
Best race on the Charles in New England rowing final
In a famed Charles River race Stone's school four crew won the championship final by about two feet over Brookline High, with Hopkinson close behind. Noble and Greenough trailed within half a boat length. The winning time was 6.49 for a full mile.
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Boston
May
Charles River
Stone's
New England
Terrible disasters report in three cities
Raleigh reports fifty miners killed in a Cumnock mine disaster in North Carolina. Oakland sees a Southern Pacific train wreck with the engineer and fireman dead and several passengers injured. Milwaukee fire breaks out in Silver City suburb at midnight, threatening many buildings.
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Raleigh
Cumnock
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Oakland
Frank Shaw
Harry Wetsell
Milwaukee
Wis
Silver City
Fire destroys Point Claire village housing and stores
Word arrives from Montreal that Point Claire, the summer resort and Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club base for the Seawanhawka cup races, was almost wiped out by a blaze. Twenty houses and several stores burned, leaving about two hundred people homeless, with no fatalities reported.
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Montreal
May
Point Claire
Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club
Insurgent Surrenders in Tarlac Amid Manila Tensions
Manila reports two insurgent companies surrendered to Colonel Liscum in Tarlac this morning. The group included a major, captain, four lieutenants, 163 men, and 168 rifles with ammunition. A separate clash near Malibbong left Captain Tinto and 24 rebels dead, while Americans suffered no losses and seized 24 rifles, horses, and paddles. Colonel Alemda, paroled on April 24, arrived and began inflammatory speeches.
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Liscum
Tarlac
Lisewm
Tinto
Malibbong
Tocas
Alemda
Agell
Four Brady Children Die in Nashville Area Fire
Four children of Thomas Brady perished in a home fire ten miles from Nashville on May 22. The blaze occurred while the parents were away at church, leaving two boys and two girls ages five to thirteen dead.
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Lord Roberts
War Office
Kroonstad
Mahon
Mafeking
Mahons
Col. Plumer
Col. Mahan
Masibistad
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Col. Rhodes
Prince Adolphus of
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Tenn
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