Kuropatkin May Retire Amid Asian front fights
Reports from St Petersburg and Tokyo on June 28 detail Kuropatkin's decision to withdraw northward as Japanese forces attack passes Moten Fenshui and Ta. A major clash near Tateh ekino and overall force concentrations around 300000 men underscore a looming decisive campaign along the Manchurian front with Port Arthur and Vladivostok developments murky.
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St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Kuropatkin
Liao Yang
Mo-| Ten
Fenshui
Three Passes
Reform in Spelling Stirs National Educational Meeting
The 43rd annual meeting of the National Educational Association in St Louis draws about 20,000 educators. The board refers a $2,000 yearly phonetic spelling grant to the national council, which is expected to report no funds. E O Vaile of Oak Park advocates a 30 member reform committee amid a broad pedagogic push to engage the public.
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St. Louis
National Educational Association
Fair Grounds
Association
National Council
Vallette
E. O. Vaile
Oak Park
Ill
National Council Committee On Investigations and Appropriations
Fire destroys Links opera house in Rome N Y
Rome N Y June 28 Fire this afternoon destroyed the Links opera house and threatens a whole block. Assistance was asked for from Utica. One man is reported killed and two seriously injured. The loss will be heavy.
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Rome
N. Y
Links Opera House
Utica
Trail of Slayer of Wisconsin Sheriff Emerges
LaCrosse June 28 John Smith, alleged slayer of Sheriff Harris, believed hiding in Black River bottoms near North Bend Holman. Police and bloodhounds chase across region as steamer Allanton seizure tale follows. Also reports: Edward F Knight killed in Watangtien. two Japanese masqueraders with Baltic maps arrested in Narva. AP correspondent H J Middleton dies near Liao Yang.
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LaCrosse
Wis
John Smith
Harris
Mississippi River
Winona
Black River
North Bend
Holman
Superior
Duluth
Aap
Russia
Narva
Baltic Coast
New Chwang
H. J. Middleton
Associated Press
Liao Yang
Ellis Loomis' Companion Would Succeed King Menelik
Two men, William H. Ellis and Loomis companion Ellis, are center stage in a transatlantic mystery. Loomis vanished June 19 aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II near Bremen while carrying a treaty to Emperor Menelik. Ellis, a former railway president, sailed from Marseilles with the treaty Loomis should have carried and has ties to Abyssinia and New York power. A Hamburg courier spoke of Loomis’ body washed ashore at Cherbourg, but the claim remains unconfirmed. Assistant Secretary Loomis denies conflict with Ellis, who offered to stay in France to aid the search.
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William H. Ellis
Mr. Loomis
Loomis
Abyssinia
Menelik
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Bremen
Plymouth
Ellis
Marseilles
Europe
Hamburg
Cherbourg
France
Lstter
Loomis Body Finding Declared False Inquiries Continue
Cherbourg reports deny that Kent J. Loomis body washed ashore near the French coast. Washington says Assistant Secretary Loomis has no confirmation or denial of the rumor and the State Department has no clue about his disappearance. Family fears he was drowned or harmed as searches continue with no word from Loomis or Ellis.
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Cherbourg
Kent J. Loomis
Washington
Loomis
Foreign
State Department
Parkersburg
W. Va
Kent Loomis
Ellis
Plymouth
Rothschilds Plan Large Charity Gift for Paris Workers
Paris June 28 three heads of the Rothschild family met the minister of the interior to announce a 2,000,000 dollar donation for creating cheap healthy housing for Parisian workers. Details are pending but rents from the dwellings will fund improvements for working men.
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Paris
Rothschild Family
Interior
Negroes butt each other one dead dying
Windsor Missouri June 28 Roy Simms a colored man was shot by fellow Negro Jim Potts. Potts and George Watkins were taken by a Katy train to Kansas City Junction where Potts lay dead and Watkins near death. Witnesses dispute the cause with claims of a fight a headbutt and a struggle leaving no weapon found.
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Windsor
Roy Simms
Jim Potts
Katy
Potts
George Watkins
Kansas City Junction
Watkins
Dowie plans new Zion City site near Fort Montgomery
John A Dowie of Zion City UL visited Highland Falls New York by special train from New York and reportedly purchased land near Fort Montgomery for a new Zion City. He was joined by West Shore railroad officials and several other gentlemen. After viewing the property the party returned to New York.
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Highland Falls
N. Y
John A. Dowie
Zion City
New York
Fort Montgomery
Dowie
West Shore Railroad
Gustav Donald Named Permanent Chairman at Turnerbund Meeting
Pittsburg June 28. The North American Turnerbund re elected its old officials. The full day was spent hearing committee reports. Gustav Donald of Davenport Iowa was chosen as permanent chairman.
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Gustav Donald
Turnerbund
Pittsburg
Davenport
Iowa
Cornell Wins Four-Oared Race With Columbia Second
Poughkeepsie June 24 Cornell captured the four-oared event, with Columbia finishing second, Pennsylvania third and Wisconsin fourth. Also reports Cornell as betting favorite for this afternoon’s boat races. Other briefs note a politician’s suicide in Pueblo, a locomotive move in Watertown, and a Binghamton widower’s marriage plans in Chicago.
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Cornell
Columbia
Poughkeepsie
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
N. Y
Wage Fight on General Miles at Prohibition Convention
Indianapolis June 28 Leaders of the national prohibition party expect about three thousand delegates alternates and visitors to attend the opening session. National Chairman Stewart leads opposition to Miles nomination citing his silence on his position. The opposition demands Miles declare himself and willingness to be a party candidate. Homer T Castle of Pittsburg arrives with Pennsylvania delegation and supports Miles.
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Indianapolis
National Prohibition Party
Stewart
Miles
Homer T. Castle
Pittsburg
Pen L Vania
Women Empl oyees Saved At A Fire In Chicago
A Chicago fire at the Weber Costello Fricke building on Twenty sixth Street and Shields Avenue endangered twenty six top floor workers. Factory foreman Edward Hoesmer and employee James P Coleman rescued several semi conscious girls, averting a high loss of life as flames trapped the stairway and fire escape.
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Chicago
Weber- Costello-Fricke Company
Twenty-sixth Street
Shields Avenue
Edward Hoesmer
James P. Coleman
Ten Thousand Lies Written About Him Bannered General Bell Statement
Cripple Creek Colorado June 28 General Sherman M Bell governor commanding Teller county under martial law releases a publication asserting that ten thousand lies are written about him He says he acts on Governor Peabody s orders to keep the Western Federation of Miners from murder and to deport bad men while promising that working citizens will not be molested and that agitators may be forced to emigrate if instructed by the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
Colo
Sherman M. Bell
Teller County
Las Isned
State of Colorido
Western Federation of Miners
Denver
Peabody
United States Squadron Ordered to Leave Tangier
Washington reports the navy department has cabled Rear Admiral Jewell to move his European squadron from Tangier and join Rear Admiral Baker's battleship squadron at Piraeus Greece, as negotiations for Perficaris release continue.
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United States
Tangier
Washington
Navy Department
Jewell
Perficaris
Baker
Pireaus
Athens
Alleged Lottery Ring Raided in Chicago
Chicago officials arrested John H. Dalton and L. A. Gourdain after a raid on Manhattan Exchange bank at 150 LaSalle street. Post office authorities charged the operation sent lottery tickets out of state violating interstate commerce law. Hearing set for July 7. bonds posted at 5,000 dollars.
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Chicago
Manhattan Exchange Bank
LaSalle Street
John H. Dalton
L. A. Gourdain
United States
Post Office
Manhattan Exchange “Bank
Dalton
Dakton
Gourdain
Race tensions flare in Muncie suburb clashes
In Muncie Indiana on June 28 fear rises in Riverside and Normal City as residents arm themselves and order unknown African Americans off streets after nightfall. Two homes were entered by colored men after a recent incident, prompting police appeals and vigilantism warnings.
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Muncie
Ind
Riverside
Norvuil City
Edward White
Normal City
Rabbis applaud change in Jewish Sunday services
Louisville June 28. President Krauskopf opening the central conference of American rabbis recommends replacing orthodox Saturday services with weekday services on Sundays when Jews are at leisure. His address condemns sectarianism in American schools and institutions, notably the former requiring Jewish children to participate in religious exercises.
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Louisville
Krauskopf
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Brigham Young's 18th Wife Reveals Retirement Return
Amelia Folsom Young, widow of Brigham Young and cousin to Mrs. Grover Cleveland, after twenty years of retirement plans a grande event in Salt Lake City. Her return features a high tea as her first social affair in this reentry to public life.
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Salt Lake City
Amelia Folsom Young
Brigham Young
Three Joliet Boys Reported Drowned Near Morris
Joliet, Illinois, June 28. A report from Morris states three Joliet youths Harry Jacobs, Harry Brooker, and John Bloom drowned when their fishing boat capsized in the Illinois River. The incident is described as an accidental drowning during a fishing trip.
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Joliet, II
Joliet
Illinois River
Morris
Harry Jacobs
Harry Brooker
John Bloom
VANDALS AT EXPOSITION DELAY DEMOCRATIC TICKET PLAN
In St Louis on June 28 Senator Joseph Bailey of Texas was named permanent chairman of the national democratic convention and Congressman John Sharp Williams of Mississippi the temporary leader in the house. Tickets will be sold only via three avenues with 10,804 total seats and 702 for press. Business Men's league seats total 2000. other seats and special 44 best seats go to distinguished visitors. Subcommittee on arrangements meets July 2. national committee July 5. Mayor Patrick A. Collins may deliver Olney nominating speech if Olney is named. Two weeks needed to repair Santos Dumont airship after it was slashed with a jackknife, delaying July 4 ascension.
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St. Louis
Joseph Bailey
Texas
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
House of Representatives
Business Men's League
Democratic National Committee
Business Men’s League
Coliseum
Committee
Dei
National Committee
Olney
Boston
Mass
Patrick A. Collins
Massachusetts
Saratoga
N. Y
Richard Olney
Collins
Explosion in Diamond Fireworks storeroom injures several
Philadelphia news reports three people killed and a dozen injured after a fireworks storehouse blast on Arch Street. Victims identified include Jacob Jancovitch aged 25 Lena sempson aged 21 and O Berman aged 27. Cause unavailable at report time.
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Philadelphia
Diamond Fireworks Company
Arch Street
Jancovitch
Jacob
Berman
Sempson
Lena
Dsed
Perdicaris Sends Thanks For Release
Washington dispatch reports Ion Perdicaris expressing profound gratitude to the government for securing his release. Secretary Hay instructed Ambassador Porter to thank the French government for its aid in the Tangier negotiations.
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Washington, D. C
Hay
Tangier
Ion Perdicaris
Porter
Wife's Betting Grounds Divorce in St Louis Case
St Louis June 28 William A Humphreys wins a divorce on his testimony that his wife bet on horse races with money he gave for housekeeping and kept him awake by crying out in her sleep Come on black horse The wife rarely won bets in the case filed for divorce citing gambling as the cause and the resulting strain on the marriage.
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St. Louis
William A. Humphreys
Water turned on kills workers in Kingston Jamaica
A Kingston Jamaica incident reports 33 workers drowned when water was accidentally turned on during conduit repairs near the electric power house. A rush of water overwhelmed the men. 32 bodies were recovered with more feared dead.
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New York
Kingston
Jamaica
Democrat Forced Out Of Postal Department
Washington June 28 Blain W Taylor Democrat chief clerk in the post office department will be succeeded Aug 20 by Merritt O Chance Republican of Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Blain W. Taylor Democrat
Post Office Department
Merritt O. Chance
Tlinois
Mel bourne McDowell threatens death by own action
Melbourne McDowell the actor writes to the coroner announcing his intent to commit death by his own hand following reverses in Melbourne. Washington officials report internal discord prompting resignations in the post office investigation circles. A man killed by a western train in Muvele, Tad is identified as Darley A Young of Van Buren Indiana. A faded love letter aids the identification.
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Melbourne M’dowell
San Francisco
Cal
Melbourne McDowell
Hada Washington
June Gart
United States District Attorney
Post Office
United States District Attorney Bench
Magh G. Tug
Ind
Muvele
Tad
June
Erleaml
Darley A.young
van Buren
Ghiss
Arrest Man With Race Beating Scheme in St Louis
St Louis police arrested Edward Smith after information from New York. He allegedly installed a telephone on Warne Avenue and used field glasses to view race winners and telephoned results to a confederate, beating telegraph reporters by five to ten minutes. He posted bail of 200 dollars for today’s City Hall court appearance.
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St. Louis
New York
Edward Smith
Warne Avenue
Smith
Four Courts
City Hall
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London Morning Post
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Binghamton
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Halbert
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International Journeymen Horseshoers’ Union
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Emperor William
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SLATE
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