Calhoun Reaches Cuba to Report on Ruiz Death Inquiry
Ex envoy Ra mon Williams and US commissioner Calhoun arrived from Mexico and Havana sharing that three Havana period papers were studied by General Lee and Dr Congosta. The inquiry into Dr Ruiz arrest and death found no direct proof of assault and faced witness access limits, with autopsy showing brain congestion as death cause.
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New York
Saratoga
Mexico
Havana
Ramon ©. Williams
United States
Coneul
William J. Calhoun
Cuba
George W. Fishack
Calhoun
General Lee
Congosta
Philadelphia
Spain
Regulus
Guanabacao
Washington
Lee
Waldorf
Ruiz
Conforto
Fitz-Hugh Lee
Russ
Guanabacoa
Rul
Commingtoner Lee
State Department
Rulg
Culprit chained to wagon in Delair farm incident
Burlington N J June 7 A man giving name Charles Hoffman found work on Samuel Sawyer’s Delair farm. After Sawyer departed last night the new employee was bound to a wagon by a chain and left in place, prompting a local investigation into the strange restraining device and its ownership.
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Burlington
N. J
Charles Hoffman
Samuel Sawyer
Delair
Sawyer
Prisoner chained to wagon in city street raid tale
A thief abducted a house full of plunder but fled with only trousers and a silver watch. Constable Aaron N. Bilahop pursued, caught Hoffman, and chained him to a wagon with a heavy log chain and padlock. Hoffman was later moved to the city jail.
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Aaron N. Bilahop
Hoffman
Delair
President McKinley to Visit Chattanooga for Weekend
Arrangements for the reception of President and Mrs. McKinley and the cabinet members in Chattanooga are near completion. The party is expected to arrive from Nashville Saturday night and proceed to the Auditorium for a public reception before moving to the Read House for quarters.
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Chattanooga
Indignation in Urbana over martial law report
A Urbana dispatch notes residents reject claims of martial law for Champagne county. Rumor links to Colonel Anthony at Springfield and jail protection. Sheriff McLain returns with Deputy Kerby. Urbana militiaman Captain Leonard flees a buggy escape after hostile shouts.
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Columbus
Urbana
Champagne County
Anthony
Springfield
McLain
Klerby
Scioto Street
Leonard
Democrats Seek State Committee To Uphold Chicago Platform
The New York Democratic group invites voter input on forming a state committee to reaffirm the Chicago platform and nominate candidates who support Democratic doctrines. A letter accuses former party managers of treachery and urges a convention to appoint a slate and ensure ballot integrity for the fall judge of the court of appeals race.
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New York
Young Democracy
Chicago
State Committee
Democratic Party
Democratic State Committee
Court of Appeals
Japan Demands on Hawaii Prompt Diplomatic Tension
Honolulu May 31 via San Francisco June 7. Japanese Minister Shimamura pressed Secretary Cooper for an explanation of Hawaii’s rejected Japanese immigrants policy. Cooper denies official communication but reports say the reply was evasive. A second, stronger demand followed the first.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Shimamura
Cooper
Silver Republicans to Meet in Chicago at Leland Hotel
National provision al committee of the silver Republicans will be called to order at the Leland hotel tomorrow. It is expected that at least thirty-two states will be represented. Senator Tol Jer will likely be offered the chairmanship of the meeting.
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Chicago
National Provisional Committee of the
Silver Republicans
Leland Hotel
Tol Jer
Decision in Three Friends Case in Jacksonville Pia
In United States court Judge Locke issued a decision in the Three Friends steamer case. The ship was charged with violation of the neutrality lane by carrying a fiihuntering expedition to Cuba and an armed force, and the libel for forfeiture was dismissed.
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Three Friends
Jackonville
Pia
United State Court
Locke
Cuba
Senate Confirms Three Nominations for Federal Posts
Washington June 7 senators confirmed Willam L. Pennfield of Indiana as solicitor for the department of state. They also approved W. W. Brown of Pennsylvania as auditor for the war department and W. E. Andrews of Nebraska as auditor for the treasury department.
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Washington
Senate
Willam L. Pennfield
Indiana
Department of State
W. W. Brown
Pennsylvania
War Department
W. E. Andrews
Nebraska
Treasury Department
Senate Defeats West Free-List Motion Over White Pine
Washington June 7 The Senate rejects Senator Wests plan to place white pine on the free list by a 20 to 2 vote The party lines break with eight Democrats voting against West and Carter Cannon Mantle and Silver Republicans voting for him The Wilson lumber schedule is then defeated 21 to 37 and the sugar schedule may be amended later The session ends with talk of tobacco schedule and other topics including a lecture by a man named Burke connected to a Texan family
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Wilson
Brank
Washington
Senate
Senator West
Mr. West
Framely Mesere
Bacon and Clay
Georgi
McEnery
Louisiana
McLaurin
Tillman
South Carolina
Martin
Virginia
Rawlins
Utah
White
California
Carter
Messrs
Cannon and Mantle
Wilson Lumber
Allison
Quay Proposes Amendments to Tariff Bill
Washington June 7 Senator Quay gave notice of several amendments to the tariff bill. Proposals include striking out the tea duty and the beer tax increase, allowing free admission of iron ore imported by US citizens for their own use, and imposing a ten percent duty on free list items until 1901. A fourth amendment strikes sections 4 5 6 and 7 relating to internal revenue.
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Washington
Quay
United States
Tracy Offered Spanish Mission for Short Period
Washington reports former Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy has been tendered the Spanish mission and would accept for a few months if he can arrange his business affairs. Also decided is the appointment of former Representative J Frank Aldrich of Illinois as consul-general to Havana, succeeding General Let.
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Washington
Benjamin F. Tracy
J. Frank Aldrich
Illinois
Let
Havana
Coal Hearings in Albany Expected to Delay Decision
The June 7 hearing before Judge Chester on the railroads coal case is not expected to yield a final ruling. Judge Chester may grant an appeal to the appellate division, which does not convene until September, delaying resolution until late October. Counsel Lewis F. Carr and David J. McChire will represent the rail presidents.
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Albany
N. Y
Chester
Lewis FE. Carr
Delaware and Hudson
David J. McChire
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Lawyer Kuhn's suicide before planned wedding in Franks hotel
Pittsburg dispatch reports Lawyer R S Kuhn dying by self-inflicted gunshot at Franks hotel in Ligonier. He planned to wed Miss Minnie Leasure the next morning and left a will leaving $5,000 to her, the rest to his brother John E Kuhn, a Presbyterian minister in Altoona. estate valued at $75,000.
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Pittsburg
Ligonier
Kuhna
Franks Hotel
Kuhn
Minnie Leasure
Spirita
Miss Leasure
John E. Kuhn
Altoona
Ex-convict aids Sing Sing inmates in liquor supply
David McCann, released from Sing Sing a few months ago, was arrested on a vagrancy charge after police found letters showing he supplied liquor cigars and matches to convicts. He hid items outside the prison walls in places accessible to workers. Warden Sage pressed charges. trial set for tomorrow.
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McCann
Sage
Distress in Nicaragua Reported by U S Consul
Washington June 7 United States Consul Welsike at Managua reports severe financial distress in Nicaragua. The government is cutting salaries from the president down to employees and abolishing many officers. Coffee planters face bankruptcy as credits from foreign and native firms dry up due to heavy losses.
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Washington
Nicaragua
State Department
United States
Welsike
Managua
Republic
Murder near Field Point road shocks Greenwich
Edward Long an 18 year old from Greenwich was found near Field Point road with a bullet wound and died after three hours. A mysterious man and a stylish young woman, seen after the Stamford train arrival, are linked to the crime by a black straw hat found near the scene.
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Greenwich
Conn
Edward Long
Old Field Point Road
Long
Stamford
Thomas Dobson
Point Road
Sore announces candidacy for U S Senate in Ohio
The Times Star in Cincinnati reports Congressman Paul J. Sore officially announces his bid for United States Senate, contingent on a Democratic majority in the state legislature next November. John R. McLean, proprietor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, is also canvassing the city as another announced candidate.
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Cincinnati
The
Times Star
Paul J. Sore
United States
John R. McLean
Cincinnati Enquirer
Pastor Plays First Base With Morrisville Team
Rev F C Jennings pastor of Morrisville Presbyterian Church plays first base for the town crack baseball team. Games are Saturdays with fashionable spectators including many women from the pastor’s church. The club has seven games this year with one loss. Jennings is a graduate of South Carolina University and Princeton and played first base for both colleges.
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Trenton
F.C. Jennings
Presbyterian Church
Morrisville
Mr. Jennings
South Carolina, University
Princeton
Effects of the Hawaiian Treaty and Sugar Trade
Washington reports a detailed treasury bureau statement on Hawaii sugar imports under the 1876 treaty. The 1896 figures show a record high near 850 million pounds, with charted effects on Louisiana sugar production and broader exports to Hawaii. Also recounted is the Francia cargo rescue near Beach Haven after a deadly shipboard incident.
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Washington
Hawaii
Bureau of Statiation
Treasury Department
Ford
American Sugar Refining Company
Senate
Louisiana
Hawai
Marshal Nagle Resigns in Oklahoma
Perry Oklahoma June 7 Patrick B Nagle United States marshal for Oklahoma resigns his office and his successor will be appointed immediately An inspector from Washington has been in the territory two months Investigating Nagle though accounts are said to be straight many deputies face dispute A whiskey peddling fraud scheme among deputy marshals was uncovered with arrests of travelers in Indian country involving concealed whisky bottles.
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Perry
Oklahoma
Patrick
Nagle
United States
E. D. Nix
Cleveland
John G. Carlisle
Nix
Washington
Taylor
Sympathetic Deaths in Matteawan Farm Family
In Phillipstown Putnam county Gilbert Forman a 74 year old farmer collapsed with apo plexy while at his doorway and died within minutes as his sister Mary A Wixon a widow from Shenandoah Duchess county died an hour earlier. The two deaths occurred within an hour of each other leaving a widow and ten grown children.
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Matteawan
N. J
Phillipstown
Putnam County
Gilbert Forman
Mary
Mary A. Wixon
Nathaniel Wixon
Shenandoah
Duchess County
Mr. Forman
Hangman Insane Michael Fortuny in Saint Louis Asylum
Michael Fortin known for the Maxwell execution case has been committed to an asylum in St Louis. The case involved Walter Len nox Maxwell and Arthur Presler with Fortin’s role as the hangman drawing wide attention in the area.
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Michael Fortuny
Maxwell
Asylum
St. Louis
Michael Fortin
Walter H. Lennox Maxwell
Arthur Presler
Fortin
Death by own action at Dudley Arms hotel in Atlantic City
Emma Ce Lloyd, about 20, daughter of the Dudley Arms hotel proprietress, locked herself in a bedroom in the Dudley Arms and turned on the gas in the morning. No cause for the suicide is given.
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Atlantic City
N.wj
Emma Ce, Lloyd
Dudley Arms Hotel
Editor James Williams Shot in Ardmore
Ardmore Oklahoma Territory June 7 James Williams editor of the Chronicle was fatally shot by Clarence M Doug lass a city attorney and prominent Republican The killing stems from a newspaper article and Doug lass is jailed
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Ardmore
I. T
James Williams
The
Chronicle
Clarence M. Douglass
Dougmyes
Notorious gambler escapes by jumping from moving train
Jack Williams a notorious sharper and gambler leaps from a swifty moving train while manacled during transfer to Yuma penitentiary. Sheriff Scott White and deputy pursue from Tombstone but Williams vanishes. He faced a ten year term for a Bisbee fare game hold-up.
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Tucson
Aris
Jack Williams
Scott White
Tombstone
Yuma
Williams
Bisbee
Oklahoma evangelist J Bleve Burke turns from gambling past
Oklahoma reports J Bleve Burke once deputy U S marshal for twelve years in Oklahoma and the Indian Territory. Described as a gambler and public drinker, he has not attended church for years until moving to Perry where he began attending again two months ago.
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Perry
Oklahoma
J. Bleve Burke
United States
Indian Territory
King of Coren’s son aboard steamer Coptic arrives in San Francisco
Among the passengers on the steamer Coptic, arriving from China and Japan, was Ent Wha son of the King of Coren whose planned visit to the country had been announced.
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Coren
San Francisco
China
Japan
Ent Wha
King of Coren
Secretary Wilson asks resignation of Agricultural Dept official
Washington on June 7 Secretary Wilson requested the resignation of Dr M Hall property clerk in the Agricultural department at a salary of 8000 per year Hall a Maine Democrat held the post prior to his dismissal
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Washington
Wilson
M. Hall
Agricultural Department
Hall
Maine
Republicans Carry Chicago in Judicial Election Victory
June 1 report notes Republicans carried the judicial election with all candidates winning by about 1000 in the city and around 4000 in the county outside the city. The result reflects solid party support in Chicago and surrounding areas.
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Chicago
Captain Fights to Survive as Diver Goes Airless
The Merritt wrecking tug captain fights to cut off air to a diver trapped below after a wrecking operation off Atlantic City. His crew battled through the incident as the diver’s fate hung in the balance.
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Atlantic City
N. 2
Bear trapped and shot after sheep theft chase
Osworo New York June 7 A J Brockway, Oxcedla farmer, tracked a bear suspected of stealing sheep. He found the bear in a swamp with a steel trap on its paw, then shot the exhausted animal as it tried to flee. The bear weighed 240 pounds dressed.
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Osworo
N.Y
A. J. Brock- Way
Oxcedla
Brockway
Chinese Inscriptions Reported on Mexican Rock Mystery
In Sonora near Magdalena a rock with Chinese script was found and examined by Sen Yuep. He says the characters appear Chinese and may date back at least 2000 years. Ancient tombs north of Magdalena at Jacoba mining camp await exploration.
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Hermosillo
Mex
Magdalena
Sonora
Sen Yuep
Guaymas
Jacoba
Ben Yuep
China
Mexico
Governor Culberson vetoes four more bills in Texas session
Governor Culberson, in a historic move, vetoed four bills today adding to sixteen vetoes during the recently ended regular session. The most notable veto targets a general occupation tax bill aimed at all residents and industries, with the governor arguing it would permit circulation of obscene literature, sanction gambling by pool betting, and legalize fre insurance companies operating in the state.
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Austin
Tex
Culbertson
Texas
Embezzling Mayor Sentenced in Atlanta Case
Former Mayor John Tyler Cooper, convicted of embezzling county funds while serving as clerk to the board of commissioners, was sentenced today to three months imprisonment and a small fine.
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Atlanta
John Tyler Cooper
Board of Commissioners
Fragmented Local Notice Points To Public Sale
The page lists multiple sections including weather showers, bill of elections notes, yacht and baseball scores, and local notices. Readable items reference Calhoun impressions and a serious elevator accident with outcomes, plus state and local items on taxation, governance, and education.
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Calhoun
Cutmi
Scranton
Hastings
Ralhorial
Washington
Tory
Atlantic
Crittenton
Free Kindergarten Association
Lackawanna County
Elevator Tragedy Injures Six In Post Office Building
Six men were injured in an elevator accident at the New York post office building when a cement load caused the car to overload and plunge three stories. Two victims are fatally hurt, with the crash occurring near Park Row as police and ambulances responded.
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New York
Luffer
Hudson Street Hospital
Gouverneur Hospital
Park Row
George Telfair
Telfair
McGovern and Murphy
Luffler
Ald
Hudson Street
Gouverneur
St. Vincent
Elevator Disaster Blamed On Overloading Delays At Mall Street
Police arrived as crowds clogged Mall Street hindering ambulances. Inspector Allaire ordered reserves from two precincts and took charge. Captain Fry credits overloading for the accident, noting the belt slipped and safety devices failed after the elevator hit bottom and rebounded.
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Allaire
Mall Street
Fry
The Heralds Weather Forecast
In the Middle states and New England today cloudy to partly cloudy weather will prevail with nearly stationary temperature and fresh easterly winds shifting to northerly and rain likely followed by local thunderstorms on or near the coasts. On Wednesday partly cloudy to fair weather and northerly winds will prevail preceded by rain on the New England coast with slowly rising temperature.
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the Herald
New York
Middle States
New England
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Fle
Leee
Ramon
Chang Yoo Tam
Brainards
George W. Fishback
Mrs. McKinley
MR. Wests
Baptist Church
Towne
Pawnee
Millons
Burke
Waco
MR. Quay
Tracy
Kunn
RUM
Sing Sing Convicts
Lore
Pastor
Base
Beach Haven
Bethink
Marshal Nagle
Gambler Williams
York Post Office
Cox
James A
Sea Pertal
Rovidence
Middletown
M'Govern
Thomas
Plasterers
Sandford Street
Brooklyn
Birdsall
Frank
Brewsters
Dailey
George W
Easton
Murphy
John
Dean Street
Brookyn
Luffler Joseph
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