Condolence Telegrams Pile Up From Nation and World
Telegrams of condolence poured into Princeton, New Jersey, on June 26 after President Cleveland's death. Messages came from Vice President Fairbanks, governors, judges, and notable figures such as Andrew Carnegie and Admiral Robley Evans, with Mrs. Cleveland delaying reading them. The Cleve lands chose Princeton for residence after a 1896 visit, drawn by its beauty and surroundings. Cleveland's health later limited his activities, though he enjoyed carriage rides and occasional fishing and gunning trips.
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Princeton
N. J
United States
President Roosevelt
Lfe
Cleveland
Fairbanks
Hughes
New York
Alton B. Parker
Fort
New Jersey
Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
Andrew Carnegie
Robley D. Evans
George Gray
Delaware
Hoke Smith
Georgia
George B. Cortelyou
the Treasury
Fairchild
Treasury
Mr. Cleveland
Richard Olney
Fairmouth
Mass
Senator Culberson
Nicholas Butler
Columbia University
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Glenn
North Carolina
White House
Clevelands
Olney Expresses Regret Over Cleveland Death
Richard Olney secretary of state in Cleveland’s cabinet expressed deep regret at the death of Mr. Cleveland from his summer home in Falmouth Massachusetts He asked not to be urged for further comment at the moment Papers served on Frank Gould New York in an absolute divorce suit filed by his wife Helen Kelly Gould declined to comment on defense Mrs Gould has twenty days to file a bill of complaint and he has twenty days to answer
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Olney
Falmouth
Mass
Richard Olney
Cleveland
Frank Gould
New York
Helen Kelly
Result of Drunken Bout Near Fair Point Causes Fatalities
A dozen foreign miners, after an all night drunken spree, fought in a free for all brawl. Two killed, two mortally wounded, several stabbed. Police detained the others.
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Fair Point
Sherman Improves After Night in Cleveland
Congressman Sherman spent a comfortable night in Cleveland after a day of activities, with health reported as improved and no complications observed. He is resting quietly as doctors monitor his condition.
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Sherman
Cleveland, O
Stuyvesant Fish Sells Illinois Central Holdings
Stuyvesant Fish, former Illinois Central president, reportedly sold about 10 000 shares of his Illinois Central stock in the past three weeks. The sale leaves a liquidation balance in his holdings.
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Illinois Central
Chicago
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Railway
Inter Ocean
Tennessee Tragedy at Lebanon Claims Confederate Captain
Captain Ellis Harper was shot and killed by William Suit on Thursday morning in Lebanon. Harper reportedly attacked Suit with a stick before Suit, a Patterson man, allegedly wrote an article for a Nashville paper. Harper, a Carmack man and former Civil War captain, was a noted Confederate regiment figure.
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Tennesse
Lebanon
Ellis Harper
William Suit
Harper
Suit
Nashville
Anti Train Drinking Bill Passes in Louisiana
Baton Rouge reports the house votes 61 to 11 to approve a bill banning intoxicating beverages on passenger trains in Louisiana. The measure had already passed the senate.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House
Senate
Harvard Wins Eight-Oared Race Over Yale in New London
Harvard victor in the eight-oared contest at New London Connecticut by a time of 9 minutes 38 1 2 seconds for two miles. Yale was the opponent and the distance was two miles.
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Harvard
New London
Conn
Yale
Ume
Yale Wins Four-Oared Race on Thames Course
New London Conn June 26 Yale won the four oared race over the Thames course against Harwood Distance was two miles time 10 33 12
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Yale
New London
Conn
Thames
Harwood
Commitments Illegal at Sheepshead Bay Race Track
In New York on June 26 Justice Bichoff discharged Mel ville Collins and Joseph Loewick who were arrested at the Sheeps head Bay race track for alleged violations of anti betting laws. Assistant District Attorney Elder said the court of appeals ruling makes both commitments illegal and void.
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New York
Justice Bichoff
Supreme Court
Melville Collins
Joseph Loewick
Sheepshead Bay
Elder
Court of Appeals
Congregation Fired On Near Waco Church
Three black men were required to post bail on a charge of firing into The Church of the Living God near Rosenthal eight miles south of Waco. Guns from bushes during a song service fired on the church building. no injuries, but several worshipers were bruised in the stampede.
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Waco
Church of the Living God
Rosenthrol
Dreadful Circus Clown Dies in Fire at Home
Charles Rench a veteran circus clown died in a house fire that consumed his home with his sister Kate Deever almost killed trying to rescue him. Neighbors say Rench had been active for years but suffered a recent decline in mental health, and authorities believe the blaze was started by him.
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Columbus
Charles Rench
Kate Deever
Renci
George Washington Arrested in Memphis Jewelry Robbery
George Washington alias George Love was seized in Memphis and held for Houston authorities on charges of robbing Taylor Bros. jewelry store of diamonds valued at 4000 dollars. Eight stones were found on the suspect and four more recovered from a local pawn shop.
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Memphis
George Washington
George Love
Houston
Tex
Taylor Bros
Senate defeats Louisiana Prohibition referendum bill
In Baton Rouge on June 26 the senate rejected the state referendum prohibition bill by 20 votes to 14. The defeat likely ends the push for prohibition in this legislative session.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
Louisiana
Diamonds in Pike County Highlight World Fields and Local Prospect
Prof. Philip F. Schneider filed his final Arkansas diamond field report with the State Bureau of Mines. It surveys global mines, notes the Pike County district hosts diamonds in a kimberlite rock, and outlines prospecting by Little Rock Diamond Syndicates amid local property and development plans. A burglary struck J T Barr and Ward Keys drug stores. minor cash losses reported. The Coldwater connection and Lamaskus family context are noted. City Grove school work progresses, and debates over park land acquisition for fairground use continue.
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Philip F. Schneider
Syracuse
N. Y
Arkansas
State Bureau of Mines Manufacturers and Agriculture
Guy Bo Tuer
Todia
Solomon
South Africa
Borneo
Russia
Siberia
China
Austia
Blue Ridge Mountain
Sierra Nevada Perion
Great Lake District
Pike County
Synadicats
Rice crop thriving in Arkansas with high potential yield
Rice crop in Arkansas shows no damage from wet weather and promises a strong statewide yield. W G Vincenheller, director of the state experimental stations, visited Lonoke and Payetteville noting advanced growth and practicality of rice cultivation as a cotton substitute.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
W G. Vincenheller
Payetteville
Lonoke
Vincenheller
Eclipse of the Sun to occur next Sunday June 28
Seabreeze Florida professor of astrology Dr Leland notes a rare sun eclipse on June 28 lasting about three hours and fifty minutes. In Philadelphia it begins 8 10 a m with densest shadow at 11 08 a m and ends at 12 58 p m eastern time.
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Dr. Leland
Seabreeze
Fla
Philadelphia
Park Hotel Arrivals List Mixed Names Across Cities
A halted list shows guests arriving at the Park Hotel including Thompson from Little Rock Horace Lintz from Denver W B Gil son from Chicago and others in Texarkana Paris St Louis Fort Smith and Dayton. The fragmentary record names several travelers and cities without complete context or dates.
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Bryan
Prescott
Stoxvesant
Pike County Diamonds
Hope
Philip E Schneider
Sayracuse, N. Y
J.T. Barr
Ward & Key
Barr’s
Ward & Keys
J. D. Montgomery
Coldwater
Miss
J HH. Lamaskus
W. M. Lamaskus
Jhw
Lamaskis
Our
J. T H. Arnold
Hempstead County Fair Association
Ozan Merantile Co
Prescott, Ark
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