Saloon closures mark quiet day in Kansas City
Kansas City Missouri May 5 saloons stayed shut for the first time in six years with one arrest for failing to observe Mayor Reida orders. Elsewhere Omana Nebraska May 5 reported widespread compliance at the Sunday closing order with few arrests. Washington May 5 notes a decision to cut the army in the Philippines to forty thousand.
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Kansas City
Jainre
Reida
Omana
Nes
Moores
Secretary Hackett to Speak at Naval War College
Wasamaron May 5 Acting Secretary Hackett of the navy department will attend the opening exercises of the Naval War college in June and will deliver an address to the officers.
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New Hampton Literary Institute of
Plymouth
New Humpahire Federation of Women’s Clubs
Keene
Robinson Female Seminary of
Exeter
McKinley and Diaz Exchange Best Wishes at El Paso
The presidential party arrived in El Paso Texas this morning and will return north tonight. President Diaz of Mexico sent a personal message to President McKinley via General Juan Hernandez with greetings and best wishes. McKinley asked Hernandez to convey wishes for Diaz’s health and happiness and for continued cordial relations between the two republics.
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el Paso
Texas
Mexico
Diaz
McKinley
Juan Hernandez
United States
General Hernandez
Relief measures for Jacksonville fire victims enacted in May
May 5 report from Jacksonville Fra indicates relief funds poured in and food was distributed to fire sufferers. The relief committee resolves to employ every unemployed person at one dollar per day with rations. Debris cleanup begins immediately to curb threatened unrest among the black community. The Masonic grand lodge appeals for funds nationwide.
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Jacksonville
Fra
Masonic Grand Lodge
Mrs McKinley Chosen to Launch Battleship Ohio
In San Francisco on May 5 the honor of launching the battleship Ohio is awarded to Mrs. McKinley who will press the button to release the ship Mina Helex Decbler of Columbus Ohio will break a bottle of California wine over the bow naming the vessel Obi.
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San Francisco
Ohio
McKinley
Baseball Scores from Yesterday's Games
National League Chicago 2 Fikt Borg 4 at Chicago St Loma 5 Giedunat 7 at Louis Eastern Montreal 2 Rochester 7 at Montreal Buffalo 8 Toronto 10 at Buffalo American Detroit 10 Cleveland 8 at Detroit Milwaukee 21 Chicago 7 at Milwaukee
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Chicago
Fikt«Borg
St. Loma
Giedunat
Louis
Montreal
Rochester
Buffalo
Toronto
Detroit
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Milwaukes
Exposition's First Sunday Brings Showmen to Court
Crowds gathered as two exhibitors opened on the Pan American exposition grounds despite closed buildings. Exposition police closed them quickly and the showmen vow to test their right to hold Sunday exhibitions in court.
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Burrato, Alay 5
Von Waldersee Coming Home in June
Pekin correspondent of the Lokal Auzeiger reports favorable eventa developments may allow Count Von Waldersee to return home mid June. The note cites unnamed sources and dates, indicating a cautious expectation of his homecoming in June.
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Benin
Saya
Lokal Auzeiger
Count von Waldersee
Jane
Weather Forecast For New England May 5
Washmoaron reports a forecast for New England with fair conditions on Monday and Tuesday. Winds will be fresh to brisk from the north, becoming variable as the period progresses.
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New England
Seven Die in South Chicago Fire Trapped by Train
Seven perished as flames engulfed a tenement in South Chicago while a 65 car freight train blocked access and hindered firefighters. Train crew faced arrest but were later released pending coroner's inquest. Also reports Branell's hotel buried in Maison Neuve with three deaths and the Alaska Feather and Down Co. factory destroyed for $65,000 in losses.
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Chicago
Moyrima
Keax
Linemen's strike spares city as unions widen actions
Boston on May 5 reported a quiet day with no trouble or meetings between company officials. The unions are understood to have called for a strike among suburban linemen in sympathy with the Boston strikers.
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Boston
United States Troops Leave Pekin For Tan Ku
Pekin May 5 United States cavalry and artillery left Pekin to march to Tan Ku. Impressive farewell ceremonies marked their departure. The infantry and headquarters staff will depart by rail once transports reach Taku.
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Pekin
United States Cavalry
Tan Ku
Taku
AT the Navy Yard Regains Work and Yard Aftermath
Work resumes at the Detroit yard this morning with steam engineering forces, electric light plant to start this week, and the yard to adopt a metropolitan appearance. John O. Simmons and Fred B. Higgins are on fifteen days’ leave. An Italian laborer narrowly escaped death when a plank gave way in the dry dock excavation, a co worker pulling him to safety. Dandelion blossoms appear in sheltered spots.
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John O. Simmons
Fred B. Higgins
Fortunst
Italy
Spring Humors and Hood's Sarsaparilla
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a universal spring remedy curing eruptions scrofula eczema and stomach troubles. It claims the medicine purifies blood strengthens nerves and relieves debility, presenting modern theory and old blood disease concepts as identical in benefit.
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Hood
Opened Fine Wire & Gon James F Elwood Arrest Duel
James F Elwood a laborer, intoxicated, fired twice from his Morning street home at officers attempting arrest for assault with intent to kill. Buckshot blasted door steps. Elwood appeared in doorway with gun. officers returned fire, restrained him after a brief struggle and cuffed him. A search found a second shotgun and a large club. no officers injured.
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James F. Elwood
Elwood
Quinn
Hurley
Anderson
Diphtheria Threat Looms in Dover State News
Dover faces an epidemic scare as diphtheria looms amid reports of health concerns and municipal actions. Other items cover Manchester dock mill bids, summer schedules for plants, religious and educational events, a trout record, a Keene death, burglaries, embezzlement, a Dover Point assault, Exeter academy banquet, and early railroad company officers in Marlow, Keene, and Newport.
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Phillips Exeter Academy
Squimecott
Exeter
J. William Knibbe, Jr
Worcester
Mess
Keene, Marlow and Newport Electric Railway Company
Elgin A. Jones
Marlow
Frank &. Nesmith
Surry
John 4. Smith
Gilsam
Treaurer
Israel A. Loveland
BR F, Craig
Mason Carpenter
Sarry
Interesting relics on display at Herlihy’s Market Street shop
W J Herlihy, Market street shoe dealer, shows relics from Cuba era in his window. A Spanish duelling pistol once owned by Padre Carriente is linked to a historic duel that killed Lieutenant Castro. Also displayed are a Toledo blade and a Cuban machete linked to past wars. Memorial Day and the Fourth of July fall on Thursday this year.
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W. J. Herlihy
Market Street
Cuba
Spain
Padre Carriente
Castro
Padre Onarriente
Havana
McKinley
General Wood
Grand Firemen's Master Idea Gains Steam
A proposal to hold a grand firemen's master in the city this summer draws interest from local veterans and would bring hundreds of out of town firemen and thousands of visitors. Prizes and a grand parade with hand tab trials are planned, with merchants poised to benefit.
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New England
Water Works Contract Awarded for Folly Pond to Navy Yard
Contract to build the water works system from Folly pond to the navy yard has been awarded to W. A. Snow of Boston for Hon. Frank Jones. Dam construction will begin at once.
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Folly Pond
Navy Yard
Hon
Frank Jones
W. A. Snow
Boston
Sporting notes from 1901 Yale game and other contests
Yale defeated Bridgeport Connecticut league team 7 to 5 on Friday and Dover High School beat Rochester High 21 to 11. Providence leads Eastern league. Megrer Taylor wins Bordeaux bicycle race for fourth straight foreign win. Dixon Boardman injures tendon in May 11 Yale Harvard meet. Detroit joins American league marking Michigan’s major league return. national league cities Washington Baltimore Cleveland return with expansion.
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Yale
Bridgeport
Dover High School
Rochester High
Fred Crolins
Dartmouth
Mejor Taylor
Bordeaux
France
Dixon Boardman
Harvard
Detroit
Michigan
Washington
Baltimore
Cleveland
Greenland Portsmouth Beaten at Epping in 11 to 0
Charley Brackett's Greenland-Portsmouth team loses 11 to 0 at Epping as Rowe and Paul pitch for Greenland while Wilbor keeps score behind the plate. Marine nine defeats Kittery 26 to 13 on navy yard diamond with Calemore Thayer and Philbrick Rand in action. Maplewood over Silverlake in five innings 49 to 6 as Maplewoods break Smith. Memorial day orators rehearse speeches in town.
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Ports— Mouth
Epping
Rowe
Paul
Greenland
Wil~bor
Kittery Tows
Navy Yard Diamond
Calemore and
Thayer
Philbrick
Rand
Kitterys
Maplewood
Silverlake
Bate
Maplewoods
Smith
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