Peace Commission Falters Amid Pacific War News
San Francisco reports Dr. Mc Questen, Manila health officer, returning invalided and estimating 100,000 to 150,000 troops needed to subdue the islands while declaring the peace commission a complete failure. Madrid dispatch notes Baron Da Marais and two Frenchmen murdered amid rebel camps as they sought to aid Spanish prisoners.
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France
San Francisco
McQuesten
Manila
Madrid
Baron da Marais
Long Mine Strike Settled in Hillsboro District
Springfield June 21 The Hillsboro miners have ended a strike that began in February 2595. Operators granted a 40 cent raise and workers returned to the mine today. The mine had operated since the strike by non union men at 35 cents. Evansville Ind June 21 The Sunnyside mine strike turned serious as operators imported 50 black workers. Armed assailants fired on them from bushes. six men were wounded including owner John Moore.
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Springfield
Evansville
Und
Sunnyside
John Moore
Bourgeois Declines Cabinet Task In Paris
Paris announces Bourgeois refuses to form a cabinet while Delcasse, foreign affairs minister in Dupuy’s cabinet, may be asked to form a ministry. Yellow Fever aboard soldiers reports two deaths at Santiago and one at Porto Príncipe. 14 cases and four deaths overall. The Elks parade draws thousands in St Louis as 5,000 attend. President McKinley departs Holyoke for Springfield amid a farewell crowd. Akron street car strike settled with concessions but no union recognition. Commodore Oscar Badger dies at 76 in Concord. Wisconsin Grass Twine plant joins national association with $15.6 million capital.
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Bourgeois
Delcasse
Dupay
Washington
Santiago
Porto Principe
Brooke
Marine Hospital Service
Combieation
Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin
American Grass Twine Company
Do Not Grasp at the Shadow and Lose the Substance
A health message urges people to value substance over appearances and to care for the blood. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilla improves vitality, cures dyspepsia and weakness, and helps with lingering coughing. Testimonial from George W. Bermum of Coolspring Delaware states one bottle helped, three bottles cured him and restored strength.
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Hood
George W. Bermum
Del
KINLEY A CENTRAL FIGURE IN MOUNT HOLYOKE VISIT
President McKinley awarded diplomas to Mount Holyoke College seniors including his niece Grace McKinley and accepted a doctor of civil laws. He greeted 2,400 people at a village church reception then traveled by electric car to Holyoke and Springfield for further ceremonies and a parade.
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South Hadley
Mass
McKinley
Mount Holyoke College
Grace McKinley
Holyoke
Whiting
Connecticut River
Springfield
Adams
Alton
Abbreviated Telegrams Catch Variety of News
Aged farmer Henry Crank dies after a carriage accident in Sturges Michigan. General Leonard Wood slated for degree by Harvard after Cuba arrival. Music Teachers' Association holds its twenty first convention in Cincinnati. Admiral George Dewey elected life member of Sons of the Revolution. Unidentified man killed by Chicago Illinois Central freight train. Baraboo River floods Baraboo area affecting thousands of acres. Amasa Maranville from Maquon Illinois dies by self inflicted gunshot in Knoxville. Captain Lorenz Danford, long term Ohio representative, passes away near Clairsville. Jo Major reports a lost sword from Eureka. Battle of Kenesaw Mountain relic found and returned. Five drownings in Michigan Sunday include Stearns, Burdick, Oliver, Detwiler. Phelps Publishing and Orange Judd Co acquired by Herbert Myrick. Dr. Thomas Osmond Summers, fever expert, commits suicide in St Louis. Yesterday's baseball scores list many games across leagues. Fort Pickens Pensacola disaster injures several. one fatality. Federation referendum in Sydney shows close margins. city results favor federation slightly over opposition. Tornado near Hoopeston damages wires and structures. reports of further damage near Wellington. Two train robbers captured in Montana after Union Pacific heist. Fifteen miners still missing after Ayrshire coal pit flood.
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Sturges
Mich
Harvard University
Leonard Wood
Cuba
Music Teachers’ Association
Music Hall
Cincinnati
Admiral George Dewey
Ufe
Society of the Sons of the Revolution
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Maquon
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Ohio
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Eureka
Lis
Kenesaw Mountain
Michigan
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Bird Stearns
Lucy Burdick
Harvey Oliver
Willie Detwiler
Phelps Publishing Company
Springfield
Mass
Orange Judd Company
New York
Herbert Myrick
Thomas Osmond Summers
St. Louis
Porto Ricans Demand Rights Under Military Rule
A Porto Rico commission report objects to U S policy claiming island de facto and de jure part of the United States yet not treated as American. They cite tariffs and customs rules, lack of guaranteed protections, and ongoing military control with governor general and health officers acting under military rule.
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United States
New York
Porto Rico
E. Julio Henna
Henna
M. Zena Gandia
Spain
Paris
United States of America
Massachusetts
Florida
Louisiana
Blaine
Army of the United States
War Department
Cuban Assembly to Meet and Gomez Support Sought
General Bandera reports the Cuban assembly will convene June 30 and invites General Gomez to attend and aid in uniting all elements for independence. Gomez replies he will support peace and concord with honest, industrious factions. the exchange signals strengthening support across former adversaries. Gen Alger visits the Soo canal, while thieves in a political headquarters case is reported from Columbus.
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Gomez
Havana
Quintin Bandera
Trocha
Antonio Maceo
Santiago
Spoturno
General Bandera
Alger
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Faily
General Alger
Canadian Ship Canal
Lake Superior Power Company
Canadian Sea
St. Mary's Falls Canal
Fort
Southern anger over labor and theft drives debate at Washington
The Industrial Commission heard Georgia voices on south agricultural woes. J Polk Brown blamed Black labor for stagnation, urging segregation or colonization. P H Lovejoy noted mortgage sales and credit constraints, with Georgia freight costs about double transatlantic rates.
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Washington
Industrial Commission
South
J. Polk Brown
Agricultural Society of Georgia
Barrett
Brown
P. H. Lovejoy
Hawkinsville
Georgia
New York
Status of Law Students Supreme Court Rules on Bar Admissions
Illinois Supreme Court holds the Campbell law unconstitutional and asserts the court’s direct control over bar admissions. The ruling affects about 700 students who started law study before November 4, 1897, requiring a three year course before taking the bar exam. The court had adopted a rule creating a state board of law examiners and setting a minimum three year study, while legislation exempted pre November 4 entrants.
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Illinois Supreme Court
Springfield
Supreme Court
Otters
State Board of Law Examiners
General Assembly
Campbell
Chicago
Lord Will iam Beresford corroborates Ascot fight tale
London June 21 The Evening News prints an interview with Lord Beresford corroborating Ted Sloan the American jockey in the Ascot incident. He says Sloan and a companion attacked a waiter after the man insulted them and Sloan struck with a champagne bottle. Beresford notes the waiter was a large man and Sloan was smaller. Sloan was sober.
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Lord William Bereeford
London
The
Evening News
Lord William Beresford
Ascot
Ted Sloan
Lord Beresford
Sloan
England
Eober
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